Among the Nenets people of Siberia, Nga was the god of death and one of two demiurges, or supreme gods, alongside his father Num. He presided over a realm beneath the earth and was understood as ruler of the underworld. His relationship with Num was antagonistic even as the two together embodied a dualistic Nenets cosmology in which the work of creation required both collaboration and rivalry between opposing divine forces.
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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 Function
Domain / Function 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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