• '''''' (Ен) - "Strength". The good
creator god, and the enemy of Kul. He took the form of a swan. •
Kul' or '''''' (Куль or Омӧль) - "Weakness". A
god of water and
of the dead, and the evil creator god. He took the form of a
grebe. •
Vasa (Васа) - Another water spirit. Like Kul, he could be malicious and had to be appeased by throwing bread, a stick, cakes or tobacco into the water. He was the friend of millers. •
Olys' or
Olysya (Олысь or Олыся) - A hearth spirit, the equivalent of the Russian
domovoi. Under the name Rynyshsa (Рынышса) he is a water spirit associated with baths, appearing as a little hunchbacked old man with a white beard. • '''''' (Айка) - "Father" or "Parent". A
spirit who protects a specific place. They became enemies of
Stephen of Perm. •
Peludi-Aika (Пелуди-Айка) - "Father
Cornflower". A spirit who forbade peasants to leave the house on 20 July. If they disobeyed, their corn was ravaged. • '''Pyvsyan'sa''' (Пывсяньса) - Master of the
bath-house, the equivalent of the Russian
bannik. He appears as a little man in a red hat with fiery eyes. • '''''' (Войпель) - God of the cold
north wind and
of the night. His name means "North/Midnight Wind". • '''''' (Вöрса) - Spirit of the forest, the equivalent of the Russian
leshy. Each forest has its own Vörsa. Hunters offered furs, bread and salt or tobacco to him in the hope he would help them catch game. ==Creation myth==