House-Man

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

• Nikolai Anisimov et al., 'Home Spirits in the Udmurt Mythology', Sator 22, 2021 (doi:10.7592/Sator.2021.22.08)
• Uno Holmberg (Harva), Finno-Ugric, Siberian Mythology (The Mythology of All Races IV), Boston, 1927