Anapel is the goddess of reincarnation and birth worshipped by the Koryak people of Siberia. Her name means Little Grandmother in the Koryak language, and she was honored at ceremonies held after the birth of a child, reflecting her role as guardian of new life passing from one generation to the next.
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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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