Category: Siberian mythology

Torongoi and Edji In Siberian mythology, the first man and woman. Both Torongoi and Edji were created with fur on their bodies to keep them…

Tengri (Tangara, Tengeri, Tura) (god, heaven) In Siberian mythology, the sky god and a general term for God among the Mongolians. He created humans from…

Ulgen (rich?) In Siberian mythology, a creator god. Various myths are told of Ulgen’s role in creation. According to the Altaics, Ulgen came down from…

Solbon (Sulbundu, Tscholbon) In Siberian mythology, god of horses, worshipped by the Buriat; he rides through the sky with a lasso in his hand. Solbon…

Pajana In Siberian mythology, a creator god of the Black Tartars. Pajana formed creatures from the earth, but seeing that they lacked life, he went…

World Surveyor Man The Gander Prince; Gander Chief; Golden Prince World Surveyor Man is the spirit hero of Siberia’s Finno-Ugric tribes. He is the seventh…

K’daai Maqsin ORIGIN: Yakut (Siberia) K’daai Maqsin is the primordial blacksmith; the very first smith according to Yakut cosmology. He is the father of ironworking…

Ajyset (Ajysyt) (birth giver) In Siberian mythology, mother goddess worshipped by the Yakut, a Turkish people living near the Lena River. She presided over birth…

Ajy In Siberian mythology, a term meaning creator, birth-giving, life-giving, or nourishing. It is often used in conjunction with the names of various gods and…

Ajysit Milk Lake Mother; Birthgiving Mistress ORIGIN: Yakut (Siberia) Ajysit is a goddess of laughter, fate, fertility, and childbirth. She is involved in the whole…