Keremet, Lord of the Sacred Grove
Udmurt · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
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 Master of the Field/GroveUno Holmberg (Harva), Finno-Ugric, Siberian Mythology; Udmurt Vos ethnography (secondary)
Relations
- enemy: Sky GodDualistic opposition: the malevolent creator-of-evil set against the good supreme creator Inmar.Udmurt Vos, Wikipedia (dualistic cosmogony: Keremet/Lud/Šaitan the creator of evil opposes his virtuous brother Inmar) (tertiary); Uno Holmberg (Harva), Permalaisten uskonto, Helsinki, 1914 (secondary)
Sources
- Keremet (also Lud; later Šaitan) is the malevolent counterpart of the supreme god Inmar in Udmurt dualistic cosmogony — the creator/lord of evil opposing the virtuous Inmar — and the spirit of the sacred grove (lud / keremet') where he received sacrifice.: Uno Holmberg (Harva), Permalaisten uskonto, Helsinki, 1914 (secondary); Udmurt Vos, Wikipedia (tertiary); everyculture.com, 'Udmurt — Religion and Expressive Culture' (tertiary)
- Lud (Keremet') is called the 'king of all the evil spirits', yet not a devil but a 'just sovereign of evil' who sends misfortune on people for their transgressions; in the grove a special priest sacrificed black-coloured animals to him.: Udmurt Vos, Wikipedia (tertiary); Uno Holmberg (Harva), Permalaisten uskonto, Helsinki, 1914 (secondary)