House-Man
Udmurt · deity · timeless · Recorded classification
Udmurt house-master; owner-spirit class rendered as deity. English 'House-Man' leads; native Корка-мурт (Korka-murt) in term. The homestead member of the -murt owner set (with forest-master udmurt_nyulesmurt and water-man udmurt_vumurt). Related yard/bath spirits (gid-murt, mincho-murt) belong to the same household cluster but are not separately individuated here.
Domains
- household and hearth
- omens and foreboding
Powers
- watch over house and family
- appear as a portent of misfortune
Sources
- Korka-murt / Korka-kuzё ('house-man' / 'house-master', korka 'house' + murt 'man' / kuzё 'master') is the Udmurt domestic spirit, owner-guardian of the dwelling and household, comparable to the Slavic domovoi.: Nikolai Anisimov et al., 'Home Spirits in the Udmurt Mythology', Sator 22, 2021 (doi:10.7592/Sator.2021.22.08) (secondary); Uno Holmberg (Harva), Finno-Ugric, Siberian Mythology (The Mythology of All Races IV), Boston, 1927 (secondary)
- He is pictured as a tall man in white clothing with a long beard; seeing him is an omen, and in living tradition he shows himself as a harbinger before death or grave misfortune. A new house's first stove-firing is marked with taban' pancakes.: Nikolai Anisimov et al., 'Home Spirits in the Udmurt Mythology', Sator 22, 2021 (doi:10.7592/Sator.2021.22.08) (secondary)