Odzhin-pogil (Master of Fresh Water)
Yukaghir · deity · Yukaghir traditional religion; continuing · deity
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-podʼil
Relations
- ally: Lebien-pogil (Master of the Earth)
- ally: Chobun-pogil (Master of the Sea)
- subordinate to: Pon
Sources
- Waldemar Jochelson, The Yukaghir and the Yukaghirized Tungus, Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History XIII (1926)
- Online Kolyma Yukaghir Documentation, masters of nature, Finno-Ugrian Society (Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura), Helsinki