Chobun-pogil (Master of the Sea)
Yukaghir · deity · Yukaghir traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
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-podʼilWaldemar Jochelson, The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus, Memoirs of the AMNH XIII (1926) (secondary)
Relations
- ally: Lebien-pogil (Master of the Earth)Counterpart Master of the Earth; together with the masters of land and fresh water they partition the domains of the middle world.Waldemar Jochelson, The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus, Memoirs of the AMNH XIII (1926) (secondary)
- ally: Odzhin-pogil (Master of Fresh Water)Counterpart Master of Fresh Water; the sea and the rivers/lakes are governed by parallel water-masters.Waldemar Jochelson, The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus, Memoirs of the AMNH XIII (1926) (secondary)
- subordinate to: PonAs a master-spirit of the earthly middle world, Chobun-pogil ranks below Pon, the supreme Owner.Waldemar Jochelson, The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus, Memoirs of the AMNH XIII (1926) (secondary)
Sources
- Chobun-pogil is the Yukaghir Master of the Sea, the spirit-owner of the sea and its creatures, one of the three principal masters of nature of the middle world.: Waldemar Jochelson, The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus, Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History XIII (1926) (secondary); Waldemar Jochelson, 'Tale About the Sea-Spirit' (told by Innokenti Karyakin, Kolyma tundra, 1895), in Tales of Eastern Siberia / Tales of the Tundra Yukaghir (secondary)