Keremet, Lord of the Sacred Grove

Udmurt adversary / sacred-grove power; spirit rendered as deity per schema. English 'Keremet, Lord of the Sacred Grove' leads (no plainer single English word fits); native Кереметь (Keremet') / Луд (Lud) in term. Keremet'/Šaitan are loan-origin names (Volga-Tatar / Islamic) for the indigenous adversary, also called Lud-kuzё 'master of the field/grove'.

Domains

• evil and misfortune
• sacred grove

Powers

• create and rule the evil spirits
• claim sacrifice in the sacred grove

Epithets

• Луд-кузё

Relations

• enemy: Sky God

Sources

• Uno Holmberg (Harva), Permalaisten uskonto, Helsinki, 1914
• Udmurt Vos, Wikipedia
• everyculture.com, 'Udmurt — Religion and Expressive Culture'