Supreme God of the Vainakh

Chechen ⟨Дела⟩ Dela, Ingush ⟨Дяла⟩ Djala. The element del-/dal- ('god') survives in many theonyms and in the Islamic-era word for God. Tusholi is reckoned his daughter in some accounts.

Children

• Elta, God of the Hunt
• Goddess of Fertility and Spring

Domains

• supreme creation
• sky and fate

Powers

• presides over the assembly of Vainakh gods

Epithets

• Dela latin · Dela · cultThe supreme creator-god, head of the Nakh pantheonChechen-Ingush (Vainakh) ethnography (secondary)
• Дела / Дяла Chechen/Ingush · Dela / Djala · titleGod (the supreme; the del-/dal- element 'god' survives in many theonyms)Amjad Jaimoukha, The Chechens: A Handbook; Vainakh-religion survey (secondary)

Relations

• ancestor of: Goddess of Fertility and SpringSupreme god; Tusholi is reckoned his daughter in some accounts (parentage encoded on Tusholi). Expressed as ancestor since 'parent' is not a relation kind.Jaimoukha, The Chechens: A Handbook (2005), on Tusholi as daughter of Dela in some accounts (secondary)

Sources

• Dela (Diela) is the supreme god and creator-figure at the head of the Vainakh (Chechen–Ingush) pantheon.: Jaimoukha, Amjad. The Chechens: A Handbook. RoutledgeCurzon, 2005, chapter on religion and mythology. (secondary)