Kutka, also styled as Kutga or Kutku, is a
creation deity of the
Itelmens
The Itelmens ( Itelmen: Итәнмән, russian: Ительмены) are an indigenous ethnic group of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. The Itelmen language is distantly related to Chukchi and Koryak, forming the Chukotko-Kamchatkan langu ...
of
Kamchatka
The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and west ...
. Some sources indicate he was a supreme deity but others see him being subsidiary to
Dusdaechschitsh, a uniquely supreme being. His wife,
Chachy Chachy is a female deity of the Itelmens of Kamchatka
The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the S ...
, is smarter than him.
[
The Medical Critic and Guide, Volume 25
Critic and Guide Company, 1923
Published by the University of Michigan]
His son is
Haetsch.
References
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Siberian deities
Creator gods
Kamchatka Peninsula