Sela Sata, Goddess of Crafts

Vainakh crafts-goddess and Nart-age fire-helper, the daughter of the existing vainakh_seela (parentage on parentIds; one tradition makes her his wife instead, noted here) and companion of the existing vainakh_pkharmat. English 'Sela Sata, Goddess of Crafts' leads; native Села Сата (Sela Sata) in term. Era 'mythic / Nart age' because she is both a goddess and a Nart-cycle actor.

Parentage

• father: God of Thunder and the Sun

Domains

• crafts and artisanship
• womens handiwork spinning and weaving

Powers

• grant skill in crafts and women's handiwork
• guide the fire-thief to the celestial fire
• shine in countenance like the sun
• Shine in countenance like the sun

Relations

• companion: Fire-Stealing Smith-HeroSela Sata is the divine helper-companion of the Nart smith Pkharmat in the fire-theft, guiding him to the fire on Mount Kazbek.Vainakh religion, Wikipedia (Sela Sata helps Pkharmat steal Sela's fire, guiding him to Mount Kazbek) (tertiary); Amjad Jaimoukha, The Chechens: A Handbook (2005), Pkharmat narrative (secondary)

Sources

• Sela Sata (Села Сата) is the Vainakh goddess of crafts and especially of women's handiwork, the daughter (in other versions the wife) of the thunder-god Sela and the counterpart of the Northwest-Caucasian Nart matriarch Satanaya; she helps the Nart Pkharmat steal Sela's fire, guiding him to the peak of Mount Kazbek.: 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 (Sata / Sela Sata; counterpart of Satanaya) (tertiary)