Forest-Man

Udmurt forest-master; spirit-owner class rendered as deity per schema. English 'Forest-Man' leads; native Нюлэсмурт (Nyulesmurt) in term. He is the woodland member of the -murt nature-owner set alongside the water-man udmurt_vumurt and the homestead-master udmurt_korka_murt; his unnamed 'wife and family' are referred to but not individuated in the sources, so no kin relations are wired (see SOLITARY).

Domains

• forest
• wild animals and the hunt

Powers

• command the beasts of the forest
• match his stature to the place
• grant or deny hunting and herding luck
• Allot the game and decide each beast's lair

Sources

• Nyulesmurt ('forest-man', nyules 'forest' + murt 'man') is the Udmurt master of the forest and of its animals — the Udmurt counterpart of the Russian leshy — who lives in the woods with his own household and family.: Eva Toulouze & N. Anisimov et al., 'Forest Spirits in the Udmurt Worldview', Sator 22, 2021 (doi:10.7592/Sator.2021.22.07) (secondary); Uno Holmberg (Harva), Permalaisten uskonto, Helsinki, 1914 (secondary)
• He is huge — taller than the forest — yet changes his stature to his surroundings, and as 'real master' assigns the wild beasts their dens and sends prey to hunters.: Eva Toulouze & N. Anisimov et al., 'Forest Spirits in the Udmurt Worldview', Sator 22, 2021 (doi:10.7592/Sator.2021.22.07) (secondary)