Mir-Susne-Hum
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Mir-Susne-Hum is a culture hero
of the Samoyedic
and Ugric peoples. He was the seventh son of Num-Torum
, the supreme god of the Ob-Ugrian
people, and acted as a mediator between humans and the god Num-Torum. Because Mir-Susne-Hum's mother, Kaltes-Ekwa
, was defeated by her husband in heaven, this meant that Mir-Susne-Hum had to be born on earth.
After a certain transformation, Mir-Susne-Hum was given an iron horse with eight wings. This and other qualities such as mediator are clearly influences from the Indo-European mythologies
of the nearby Iranians
, Slavs
and Norse
— compare Mir-Susne-Hum with such figures as Dazhbog, Mithras and Odin
.
Culture hero
A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to some group who changes the world through invention or discovery...
of the Samoyedic
Samoyedic peoples
The term Samoyedic peoples is used to describe peoples speaking Samoyedic languages, which are part of the Uralic family. They are a linguistic grouping, not an ethnic or cultural one. The name derives from the obsolete term Samoyed used in Russia for some indigenous peoples of Siberia...
and Ugric peoples. He was the seventh son of Num-Torum
Num-Torum
Num-Torum is the supreme god or father god of the Ob-Ugrian peoples. FHe is the father of the hero Mir-Susne-Hum, six other sons and one daughter. According to the Khanty people, he lives on the highest level of heaven, which means that it is difficult for people to talk to him, thus the children...
, the supreme god of the Ob-Ugrian
Ob-Ugric languages
The Ob-Ugric languages are a hypothetical branch of the Uralic languages, specifically referring to the Khanty and Mansi languages. Both are split in numerous and highly divergent dialects...
people, and acted as a mediator between humans and the god Num-Torum. Because Mir-Susne-Hum's mother, Kaltes-Ekwa
Kaltes-Ekwa
In the Ugric mythology, Kaltes-Ekwa was the mother of the hero Mir-Susne-Hum and the wife of the god Num-Torum, who defeated her in heaven...
, was defeated by her husband in heaven, this meant that Mir-Susne-Hum had to be born on earth.
After a certain transformation, Mir-Susne-Hum was given an iron horse with eight wings. This and other qualities such as mediator are clearly influences from the Indo-European mythologies
Proto-Indo-European religion
Proto-Indo-European religion is the hypothesized religion of the Proto-Indo-European peoples based on the existence of similarities among the deities, religious practices and mythologies of the Indo-European peoples. Reconstruction of the hypotheses below is based on linguistic evidence using the...
of the nearby Iranians
Iranian peoples
The Iranian peoples are an Indo-European ethnic-linguistic group, consisting of the speakers of Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, as such forming a branch of Indo-European-speaking peoples...
, Slavs
Slavic peoples
The Slavic people are an Indo-European panethnicity living in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, North Asia and Central Asia. The term Slavic represents a broad ethno-linguistic group of people, who speak languages belonging to the Slavic language family and share, to varying degrees, certain...
and Norse
Norsemen
Norsemen is used to refer to the group of people as a whole who spoke what is now called the Old Norse language belonging to the North Germanic branch of Indo-European languages, especially Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Swedish and Danish in their earlier forms.The meaning of Norseman was "people...
— compare Mir-Susne-Hum with such figures as Dazhbog, Mithras and Odin
Odin
Odin is a major god in Norse mythology and the ruler of Asgard. Homologous with the Anglo-Saxon "Wōden" and the Old High German "Wotan", the name is descended from Proto-Germanic "*Wodanaz" or "*Wōđanaz"....
.