Goddess of Fertility and Spring

Vainakh · deity · mythic · deity

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

Supreme God of the Vainakh

Domains

fertility and childbirth
spring renewal

Powers

opens the womb and protects mothers and infants

Epithets

Tusholi
Тушоли

Relations

sibling: Elta, God of the Hunt

Sources

Jaimoukha, Amjad. The Chechens: A Handbook. RoutledgeCurzon, 2005, mythology chapter (Tusholi).

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