Odzhin-pogil (Master of Fresh Water)
Yukaghir · deity · Yukaghir traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Odzhin-pogil, 'Master of Fresh Water', is the spirit-owner of the rivers and lakes of the Yukaghir lands and of the fish that live in them. He completes the triad of principal masters of nature, standing beside Lebien-pogil (the Master of the Earth) and Chobun-pogil (the Master of the Sea); together these three partition the waters and lands of the earthly middle world. Like the other masters he must be respected by fishermen, who owe him a share of their catch.
Domains
- fresh water rivers lakes
- fish of rivers and lakes
Powers
- to command the rivers and lakes and their fish
Epithets
- odʼun-podʼilOnline Kolyma Yukaghir Documentation, masters of nature, Finno-Ugrian Society, Helsinki (secondary)
Relations
- ally: Lebien-pogil (Master of the Earth)Counterpart Master of the Earth in the triad of masters of nature of the middle world.Waldemar Jochelson, The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus, Memoirs of the AMNH XIII (1926) (secondary)
- ally: Chobun-pogil (Master of the Sea)Counterpart Master of the Sea; fresh waters and the sea 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 middle world, Odzhin-pogil ranks below Pon, the supreme Owner.Waldemar Jochelson, The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus, Memoirs of the AMNH XIII (1926) (secondary)
Sources
- Odzhin-pogil is the Yukaghir Master of Fresh Water, spirit-owner of rivers and lakes, named with the masters of land and sea as 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); Online Kolyma Yukaghir Documentation, masters of nature, Finno-Ugrian Society (Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura), Helsinki (secondary)