Vainakh blizzard-and-avalanche goddess of Mount Kazbek, one of the elemental '-nana' (mother) deities. English 'Dartsa-Nana, the Blizzard-Mother' leads; native Дарца-нана (Dartsa-nana) in term. SOLITARY: described as a solitary mountain-goddess with no individuated kin, spouse or parentage in the sources (Hunt, Legends of the Caucasus 2012; Tsaroïeva 2005; the Vainakh-religion survey). The 'mother' (-nana) of her name is an elemental epithet, not an attested genealogical tie.
Domains
blizzards and snowstorms
avalanches
the high mountain of Kazbek
Powers
raise blizzards and snowstorms
loose the death-dealing avalanches
ward the magic circle on Kazbek
Epithets
Дарца-нана
Sources
David Hunt, Legends of the Caucasus (Saqi Books, 2012)
Mariel Tsaroïeva, Anciennes croyances des Ingouches et des Tchétchènes (Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose, 2005)