Yukaghir · deity · Yukaghir traditional religion; continuing · deity
Lebien-pogil, 'Master of the Earth', is the most fully personified of the Yukaghir masters of nature. He is pictured as a dark-faced, black-bearded man tall as a larch who strides across the land, rich and generous yet strict and just. He owns the earth and its game, rules over the lesser master-spirits ('patrons') of individual animal species, and rewards hunters who keep the unwritten laws of the chase while punishing those who kill beyond need. He is the chief addressee of hunting ritual in the middle world.
Domains
earth land
game and hunting grounds
Powers
to rule the master-spirits of individual animals
to reward or punish hunters according to whether they keep the laws of the hunt