Underworld Lord (Kyzy)
Selkup · deity · mythic / first times · Recorded classification
The Selkup underworld lord; classed 'deity' (malevolent spirit-class). English 'Underworld Lord' leads, native Kyzy in term. He commands the loz (see selkup_loz).
Domains
- death and the underworld
- disease and misfortune
Powers
- send sickness and misfortune from the lower world
Relations
- enemy: Sky (Nom)The Selkup cosmic dualism: the underworld lord opposes the sky god Nom and drags souls down into the lower world.N. Tuchkova et al., Selkup Mythology (Encyclopaedia of Uralic Mythologies 4, 2010) (secondary)
- ally: Spirits (Loz)The loz spirit-host serves under the command of the underworld lord.N. Tuchkova et al., Selkup Mythology (Encyclopaedia of Uralic Mythologies 4, 2010) (secondary)
Sources
- Kyzy is the Selkup evil lord of the underworld and source of the people's misfortunes; he is the cousin and antipode of the hero Icha, fathered by a foreign warrior, and heads one of the two intermarrying halves of the people.: atlaskmns.ru, 'Selkups. Spiritual culture' — Kyzy, Icha's cousin and underworld ruler. (tertiary); Tuchkova, N.A. et al. (2010). Selkup Mythology (Encyclopaedia of Uralic Mythologies 4). (ethnography)