God's Lake (Num-to)
Nenets · deity · mythic / first times · Recorded classification
A localized son-of-Num deity fused with a sacred lake (Numto, in the Khanty-Mansi/Yamal borderland); classed 'deity'. Included per the brief's 'Num-to'. English 'God's Lake' leads, native Num-to in term. The lake is shared as a shrine with neighbouring Forest peoples.
Parentage
- parent: Sky (Num)
Domains
- sacred waters and place
Powers
- be cast to earth and turn into the holy lake
Relations
- sibling: Death-God (Nga)Full sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Sky (Num)) per the figures' cited genealogy.
Sources
- Num-to ('God's Lake') is the chief shrine of the Forest Nenets; by legend it is the son of the sky-god Num (Nymgiboy), who was cast down to earth and transformed into the lake, one of whose islands ('Heart island') is a sacrifice site.: atlaskmns.ru, Nenets sacred places — Lake Num-to and Nymgiboy. (tertiary); ResearchGate (2018), 'Sacred Places in the Nenets Traditional Culture'. (secondary)