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En (Ен) - "Strength". The good creator god, and the enemy of Kul. He took the form of a swan.
Kul' or Omöl' (Куль or Омӧль) - "Weakness". A god of water and of the dead, and the evil creator god. He took the form of a grebe.
Vasa (Васа) - Another water spirit. Like Kul, he could be malicious and had to be appeased by throwing bread, a stick, cakes or tobacco into the water. He was the friend of millers.
Olys' or Olysya (Олысь or Олыся) - A hearth spirit, the equivalent of the Russian domovoi. Under the name Rynyshsa (Рынышса) he is a water spirit associated with baths, appearing as a little hunchbacked old man with a white beard.
Peludi-Aika (Пелуди-Айка) - "Father Cornflower". A spirit who forbade peasants to leave the house on 20 July. If they disobeyed, their corn was ravaged.
Pyvsyan'sa (Пывсяньса) - Master of the bath-house, the equivalent of the Russian bannik. He appears as a little man in a red hat with fiery eyes.
Voipel' (Войпель) - God of the cold north wind and of the night. His name means "North/Midnight Wind".
Vörsa (Вöрса) - Spirit of the forest, the equivalent of the Russian leshy.[1] Each forest has its own Vörsa. Hunters offered furs, bread and salt or tobacco to him in the hope he would help them catch game.
Creation mythedit
A duck egg gave birth to En and Omöl, the spirits of good and evil respectively. En took the form of a swan, Omöl that of a grebe. They rose from the bottom of the primordial ocean to create the world.
Souledit
In Komi religious belief the human soul (лов, "lov") had a double (орт, "ort", or орд, "ord"). The ort is born with each human being and gives a premonition of death either to the person who is to die or to one of their family.
Underworldedit
The land of the dead was usually thought to be far to the north of the living, beyond mountains, rivers and forests. The Komi equivalent of the Styx (the river of the underworld in Greek mythology) was "Syr Yu" (Сыр Ю), "River of Pitch". Dead souls were assigned various means of crossing the river, according to their sins in this world: an iron bridge, a shaky beam, a thin pole or a cobweb. After this the dead had to climb a huge slippery mountain. This was only possible if the person had led a good life and had strong fingernails. Traditionally, the Komis kept their fingernail clippings so they could be buried with them for use in the afterlife.
Shamans and sorcerersedit
The Komis had shamans and believed in sorcerers and witches. The most notorious witch in Komi folklore is Yoma (or Yoma-Baba).
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This article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources Komi mythology news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2022 Komi mythology is the traditional mythology of the Komi peoples of northern Russia Contents 1 Gods and spirits 2 Creation myth 3 Soul 4 Underworld 5 Shamans and sorcerers 6 Video games 7 See also 8 References 9 Further readingGods and spirits editEn En Strength The good creator god and the enemy of Kul He took the form of a swan Kul or Omol Kul or Omӧl Weakness A god of water and of the dead and the evil creator god He took the form of a grebe Vasa Vasa Another water spirit Like Kul he could be malicious and had to be appeased by throwing bread a stick cakes or tobacco into the water He was the friend of millers Olys or Olysya Olys or Olysya A hearth spirit the equivalent of the Russian domovoi Under the name Rynyshsa Rynyshsa he is a water spirit associated with baths appearing as a little hunchbacked old man with a white beard Aika Ajka Father or Parent A spirit who protects a specific place They became enemies of Stephen of Perm Peludi Aika Peludi Ajka Father Cornflower A spirit who forbade peasants to leave the house on 20 July If they disobeyed their corn was ravaged Pyvsyan sa Pyvsyansa Master of the bath house the equivalent of the Russian bannik He appears as a little man in a red hat with fiery eyes Voipel Vojpel God of the cold north wind and of the night His name means North Midnight Wind Vorsa Vorsa Spirit of the forest the equivalent of the Russian leshy 1 Each forest has its own Vorsa Hunters offered furs bread and salt or tobacco to him in the hope he would help them catch game Creation myth editA duck egg gave birth to En and Omol the spirits of good and evil respectively En took the form of a swan Omol that of a grebe They rose from the bottom of the primordial ocean to create the world Soul editIn Komi religious belief the human soul lov lov had a double ort ort or ord ord The ort is born with each human being and gives a premonition of death either to the person who is to die or to one of their family Underworld editThe land of the dead was usually thought to be far to the north of the living beyond mountains rivers and forests The Komi equivalent of the Styx the river of the underworld in Greek mythology was Syr Yu Syr Yu River of Pitch Dead souls were assigned various means of crossing the river according to their sins in this world an iron bridge a shaky beam a thin pole or a cobweb After this the dead had to climb a huge slippery mountain This was only possible if the person had led a good life and had strong fingernails Traditionally the Komis kept their fingernail clippings so they could be buried with them for use in the afterlife Shamans and sorcerers editThe Komis had shamans and believed in sorcerers and witches The most notorious witch in Komi folklore is Yoma or Yoma Baba Video games editBlack Book The MoosemanSee also editFinnic mythology Permian bronze casts Slavic mythologyReferences edit Aronov Igor Kandinsky s Quest A Study in the Artist s Personal Symbolism 1866 1907 Peter Lang 2006 p 41 Further reading editAvril Yves Parlons komi Harmattan 2006 pp 142 147 Coates J G Shomvukva A Komi Folk Tale In Folklore 77 no 4 1966 257 63 http www jstor org stable 1258668 Konakov Nikolay Rationality and mythological foundations of calendar symbols of the ancient Komi In Shamanism and Northern Ecology Edited by Juha Pentikainen Berlin New York De Gruyter 2011 1996 pp 135 142 https doi org 10 1515 9783110811674 135 Konakov N D Komi Mythology In Encyclopaedia of Uralic Mythologies Akademai Kiado 1999 Kuznetsov Nikolai Komi Folklore Collected by Paul Ariste In Folklore vol 29 2005 191 196 doi 10 7592 FEJF2005 29 komi Limerov Pavel 2019 Some Motifs in Komi Legends about the Creation of the World Electronic Journal of Folklore 76 29 38 doi 10 7592 FEJF2019 76 limerov Misharina Galina Funeral and Magical Rituals among the Komi In Folklore vol 47 2011 155 172 doi 10 7592 FEJF2011 47 misharina Pantiukhin Dmitri Aleksandrovich 2012 The Komi Permiak Prollaver Feast Day with the Bykoboi Bull Slaughter Rite In Anthropology amp Archeology of Eurasia 51 2 8 40 DOI 10 2753 AAE1061 1959510201 Podyukov Ivan A O NEKOTORYH OSOBENNOSTYaH KOMI PERMYaCKOJ HRONONIMIKI ABOUT SOME PECULIARITIES OF KOMI PERMYAK CHRONONYMICS In Philological Studies Vol 15 No 2 2017 47 55 In Russian Teryukov Alexander Materials on Komi Zyryan mythology Notions of the soul In Shamanism and Northern Ecology Edited by Juha Pentikainen Berlin New York De Gruyter 2011 1996 pp 143 150 https doi org 10 1515 9783110811674 143 Filimonov V V 2014 Folklor i verovaniya naroda komi v Izvestiyah Arhangelskogo obshestva izucheniya russkogo Severa FOLKLORE AND BELIEFS OF THE KOMI PEOPLE IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE ARKHANGELSK SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF THE RUSSIAN NORTH Vestnik Severnogo 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