Pugu is the sun god of the Yukaghir people of Siberia. Like other solar deities, he was also regarded as a god of justice and law, revered as a protector of the oppressed and a punisher of wrongdoing who used a sun flail to combat evil spirits and bring peace to the land.
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Attestation
Veneration TodayVenerated in a modern revival tradition 2 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination
Ronald Hutton, Hambledon and London
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