Kutka, also styled as Kutga or Kutku, is a
creation deity
A creator deity or creator god is a deity responsible for the creation of the Earth, world, and universe in human religion and mythology. In monotheism, the single God is often also the creator. A number of monolatristic traditions separate a ...
of the
Itelmens
The Itelmens (; ) 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 language family, but it is now virtually extinct, the va ...
of
Kamchatka
The Kamchatka Peninsula (, ) 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 western coastlines, respectively.
Immediately offshore along the Pacific ...
. Some sources indicate he was a supreme deity but others see him being subsidiary to
Dusdaechschitsh, a uniquely supreme being. His wife,
Chachy, 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.
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Siberian deities
Creator gods
Kamchatka Peninsula