Weather God
Udmurt · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Udmurt weather/atmosphere god, completing the supreme triad whose other two members (Inmar, Kyldysin) are already registered. English 'Weather God' leads; native Куазь (Kuaz') in term. Romanised Kuaz'/Kvaz'/Kuaź/Kwaz in different sources. The wind-spirit Töl-Peri is a related aerial figure not authored here.
Domains
- weather and atmosphere
- sky and air
Powers
- govern weather and the seasons
Sources
- Kuaz' (Kvaz') is the Udmurt god of weather and the atmosphere/climate, and — together with the sky-god Inmar and the earth-creator Kyldysin — one of the three supreme gods of the Udmurt pantheon (so named, e.g., in the epic Dorvyzhy and in the triad of bee-protector gods).: Aado Lintrop, 'The Udmurt Pantheon', Sator 22, 2021 (doi:10.7592/Sator.2021.22.05) (secondary); Dorvyzhy (Udmurt epic), Wikipedia (tertiary); Udmurt Vos, Wikipedia (tertiary)
- Kuaz' belongs to the male deities of the aerial sphere alongside Inmar (sky/air) and Töl-Peri (wind).: Aado Lintrop, 'The Udmurt Pantheon', Sator 22, 2021 (secondary)