Ku'urkil is the
Chukchi creator-deity, roughly analogous to
Bai-Ulgan of the
Turkic pantheon. The
Koryak refer to him as ''
Quikinna'qu Quikinna'qu or Kutkinnaku is a chief deity of the Koryak mythology, part of the wider Siberian mythology. Quikinna'qu is depicted as a shapeshifting
In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shape-shifting is the ability to phy ...
'' ("Big Raven") and in
Kamchadal
The Kamchadals (russian: камчадалы) inhabit Kamchatka, Russia. The name "Kamchadal" was applied to the descendants of the local Siberians and aboriginal peoples (the Itelmens, Ainu, Koryaks and Chuvans) who assimilated with the Russ ...
mythology he is called ''
Kutkhu''.
See also
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Kutkh
Kutkh (also ''Kutkha'', ''Kootkha'', ''Kutq,'' ''Kutcha'' and other variants, russian: Кутх) is a Raven spirit traditionally revered in various forms by various indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East. Kutkh appears in many legends: as a k ...
Siberian deities
Circumpolar mythology
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Chukchi culture
Legendary crows
Creator deities