Galægon
Ossetian · deity · cosmogonic · deity
A GOD WITH ONE JOB, AND A REAL ONE: the wind that separates grain from chaff. His cult is agricultural rather than cosmic, which is why a pantheon list that starts from thunder and war misses him.
Domains
- wind
- winnowing
Sources
- Reference treatment of Galagon: the lord of the winds; during the winnowing of the grain the Ossetians prayed to him for winds, and honoured him with ceremonies and magic rites, including a sacrificed cock.