Todote is the Samoyed god of evil and death, identified in some ethnographic accounts with the Turkic god Erlik. He was said to live underground, where his servant demons, called Amuke, brought him people to consume.
Facts
Attestation
Veneration TodayVenerated in a modern revival tradition 3 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. Todote (Wikipedia)
Lead section: genderQuote, Lead section: gender
Todote is the Samoyed god of evil and death, identified with the Turkic god Erlik.
3. Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination
Ronald Hutton, Hambledon and London
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