Khaltesh-Anki (also Kaltesh, Kaltes), 'Gold Woman', is an Ob-Ugrian goddess (of the

Khanty The Khanty (), also known in older literature as Ostyaks (), are a Ugric Indigenous people, living in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, a region historically known as " Yugra" in Russia, together with the Mansi. In the autonomous okrug, the K ...

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peoples), associated with childbirth, fertility, fate, and the

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As a goddess of birth and fate, Kaltesh is responsible for a person's lifespan, and keeps a record book. She was believed to protect women in childbirth. Kaltesh may have been the wife - or, in other variations of the story, the daughter or sister - of the god Nuri-Toorum. Kaltesh was the mother (or, depending on the legend, the aunt, or sister) of a key figure in myth, World-Surveyor Man.

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On the Sacrificial Ritual of the Pim River Khanty in December 1995

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