Elta, God of the Hunt

Vainakh hunt-god, a son of Dela and so brother of the existing Tusholi. English 'Elta, God of the Hunt' leads; native Эльта (Elta) in term. The harvest-domain is marked 'formerly' because the sources state it was his before Maetsill assumed it.

Parentage

• father: Supreme God of the Vainakh

Domains

• the hunt
• wild animals and game
• grain and the harvest

Powers

• grant or withhold the hunter's quarry
• command and protect the wild animals
• ripen and grant the grain-harvest (former office)

Relations

• sibling: Goddess of Fertility and SpringElta, a son of the supreme god Dela, is thereby the brother of Tusholi, who is likewise reckoned Dela's daughter in the standard accounts.Amjad Jaimoukha, The Chechens: A Handbook (2005) (Elta a son of Dela; Tusholi a daughter of Dela) (secondary); Vainakh religion, Wikipedia (Elta, son of Deela; Tusholi, daughter of Dela) (tertiary)

Sources

• Elta (Эльта) is the Vainakh god of the hunt and the wild animals, and — before that office passed to Maetsill — of the grain-harvest; he is a son of the supreme god Dela, who blinded him in one eye for disobedience.: Amjad Jaimoukha, The Chechens: A Handbook (RoutledgeCurzon, 2005), religion and mythology chapter (secondary); Mariel Tsaroïeva, Anciennes croyances des Ingouches et des Tchétchènes (Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose, 2005) (secondary); Vainakh religion, Wikipedia (drawing on Jaimoukha 2005 and Tsaroïeva 2005) (tertiary)