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

• 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 Spring

Sources

• Amjad Jaimoukha, The Chechens: A Handbook (RoutledgeCurzon, 2005), religion and mythology chapter
• Mariel Tsaroïeva, Anciennes croyances des Ingouches et des Tchétchènes (Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose, 2005)
• Vainakh religion, Wikipedia (drawing on Jaimoukha 2005 and Tsaroïeva 2005)