Lochin-pogil (Master of Fire)
Yukaghir · deity · Yukaghir traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Lochin-pogil, the 'Master of Fire' or 'Man of Fire' (Lochin-Shoromo), is the domestic patron deity of the Yukaghir family. He lives within the hearth, and without his goodwill people cannot kindle fire; quarrelling with him or polluting the fire brings misfortune on the household. The hearth fire receives a share of food, fat and tobacco, and the Master of Fire travels with the family when it shifts camp, making him the most intimate and ever-present of the master-spirits.
Domains
- fire and hearth
- household patronage
Powers
- to grant or withhold the kindling of fire
- to guard the family and travel with it from camp to camp
Epithets
- Lochin-ShoromoYukagir entry, Encyclopedia.com (Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Macmillan, 1996) (secondary)
Relations
- subordinate to: PonAs a domestic master-spirit of the middle world, the Master of Fire stands below Pon, the supreme Owner.Waldemar Jochelson, The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus, Memoirs of the AMNH XIII (1926) (secondary)
Sources
- Lochin-pogil, the 'Man of Fire', is the Yukaghir master of fire and patron of the household, who lives in the hearth, grants the use of fire and accompanies the family when it moves.: Waldemar Jochelson, The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus, Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History XIII (1926) (secondary); Yukagir entry, Encyclopedia.com (Encyclopedia of World Cultures, ed. D. Levinson, Macmillan, 1996) (secondary)