Nu'tenut is the chief god of the Chukchi peoples of Siberia. Chukchi religious lore holds that he lived in a house built of iron and presided over a divine retinue of spirits representing natural forces and celestial bodies, including the earth, light, darkness, the sea, the sun, the moon, and the sky.
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Attestation
Veneration TodayVenerated in a modern revival tradition 3 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 2 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 2 Sources
1. Nu'tenut (Wikipedia)
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The chief god of the Chukchi peoples.
2. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
3. Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination
Ronald Hutton, Hambledon and London
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