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 god or spirit that taught humans to hunt, fish and make fire.
Name
Quikinna'qu and Kutkinnaku a ...
'' ("Big Raven") and in
Kamchadal mythology he is called ''
Kutkhu''.
See also
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Kutkh
Kutkh (also ''Kutkha'', ''Kootkha'', ''Kutq,'' ''Kutcha'' and other variants, ) is a Raven in mythology, Raven spirit traditionally revered in various forms by various indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East. Kutkh appears in many legends: as ...
References
Siberian deities
Circumpolar mythology
Chukchi culture
Mythological corvids
Creator deities
Raven deities
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