Num

Among the Nenets people of Siberia, Num was the sky god, described as the good creator of the earth and the high god of the Nenets. He was one of two supreme deities, or demiurges, credited with creating the earth and all living things, and Nenets belief held that each sphere of the heavens was governed by one of his sons. His relationship with Nga, his own malevolent son, was antagonistic, and together the two embodied a dualistic cosmology in which the work of creation required both collaboration and rivalry between opposing divine forces.