Vainakh death-lord and ruler of the underworld Deeli-Malkhi, the figure behind the 'Mater-Dela / Dika-Dela' slot of the brief (no separate good/mother-Dela is securely attested; the attested distinct del- figure is the death-lord). English 'Ishtar-Dela, Lord of the Dead' leads; native Иштар-Дела (Ishtar-Dela) in term. SOLITARY: despite the shared del- element with the supreme Dela, the sources do not state any individuated kinship, spouse or parentage for him (Jaimoukha 2005; Tsaroïeva 2005; the Vainakh-religion survey).
Domains
death and the underworld
life and death
punishment of the wicked
Powers
rule the subterranean realm of the dead
dispose of life and death
punish the wicked
Sources
Amjad Jaimoukha, The Chechens: A Handbook (RoutledgeCurzon, 2005), religion and mythology chapter
Vainakh religion, Wikipedia (Ishtar-Deela; Deeli-Malkhi)
Mariel Tsaroïeva, Anciennes croyances des Ingouches et des Tchétchènes (Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose, 2005)