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Komi mythology is the traditional mythology of the Komi people of northern Russia. ==Gods and spirits== *Kul' or Omöl' (Куль or Омöль) A god of water and of the dead. *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〔Aronov, Igor. ''Kandinsky's Quest: A Study in the Artist's Personal Symbolism, 1866-1907''. Peter Lang, 2006, p. 41.〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Komi mythology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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