Sky Mother
Udmurt · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Udmurt sky-mother goddess. English 'Sky Mother' leads; native Ин-мумы (In-mumy) in term, 'heaven-mother' (in 'sky' + mumy 'mother'). Included to fill the female aerial tier with Shundy-mumy; related water-mother Invu-mumy ('mother of heaven-water') is attested in the same cluster.
Domains
- sky and fertility
Sources
- In-mumy ('mother of the heavens') is a chief Udmurt female deity, revered as a goddess of fertility and, in some accounts, as the mother of Inmar.: Aado Lintrop, 'The Udmurt Pantheon', Sator 22, 2021 (secondary); Encyclopedia.com, 'Udmurt' (tertiary)