Goddess of Fertility and Spring
Vainakh · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Ingush/Chechen ⟨Тушоли⟩ Tušoli. Among the Ingush her cult was the most prominent of the goddess-figures, with a sanctuary at Tхаба-Ерды region.
Parentage
- parent: Supreme God of the Vainakh
Domains
- fertility and childbirth
- spring renewal
Powers
- opens the womb and protects mothers and infants
Epithets
- Tusholi The goddess of fertility and the spring, daughter of Dela; her day opens the farming yearChechen-Ingush (Vainakh) ethnography (secondary)
- Тушоли goddess of spring and fertility, the people's intercessor with DälMariel Tsaroïeva, Anciennes croyances des Ingouches et des Tchétchènes (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: Elta, God of the HuntTusholi and the hunt-god Elta are both children of the supreme god Dela.Jaimoukha, The Chechens (2005); Tsaroïeva (2005) (secondary)
Sources
- Tusholi is the Vainakh goddess of fertility and childbirth, daughter of Dela, with a spring festival and the hoopoe as her sacred bird.: Jaimoukha, Amjad. The Chechens: A Handbook. RoutledgeCurzon, 2005, mythology chapter (Tusholi). (secondary)