Chobun-pogil (Master of the Sea)

Chobun-pogil, 'Master of the Sea', is the spirit-owner of the sea and the fish and animals within it. With Lebien-pogil (land) and Odzhin-pogil (fresh water) he forms the triad of principal masters of nature who divide the middle world among themselves. He appears in Tundra Yukaghir oral tradition, notably the 'Tale About the Sea-Spirit' that Jochelson recorded from Innokenti Karyakin on the Kolyma tundra in 1895.

Domains

• sea
• sea creatures and fish

Powers

• to command the sea and the creatures that live in it

Epithets

• čobun-podʼil

Relations

• ally: Lebien-pogil (Master of the Earth)
• ally: Odzhin-pogil (Master of Fresh Water)
• subordinate to: Pon

Sources

• Waldemar Jochelson, The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus, Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History XIII (1926)
• Waldemar Jochelson, 'Tale About the Sea-Spirit' (told by Innokenti Karyakin, Kolyma tundra, 1895), in Tales of Eastern Siberia / Tales of the Tundra Yukaghir