ORIGIN: Siberia - Chukchee - [eastern Siberia]
TYPE: Sea Spirit
INFORMATION: The chief being in the ocean depths, known to the maritime Chukchee. His consort is Cinei'nen. He owns all the creatures of the sea and is said to wear a cloak of walrus gut and to be extremely fierce. He feeds on the bodies of drowned fishermen and is the subject of sacrifice. Also Peruten.