Raven spirit revered by various indigenous peoples of far eastern Russia
Wooden carving of Kutkh made by Koryak artisans in Kamchatka
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 key figure in creation, as a fertile ancestor of mankind, as a mighty shaman and as a trickster. He is a popular subject of the animist stories of the Chukchi people and plays a central role in the mythology of the Koryaks and Itelmens of Kamchatka. Many of the stories regarding Kutkh are similar to those of the Raven among the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, suggesting a long history of indirect cultural contact between Asian and North American peoples.
Kutkh (also Kutkha, Kootkha, Kutq, Kutcha and other variants, Russian: Кутх) is a Raven spirit traditionally revered in various forms by various indigenous...
and gives birth to Raven in disguise. The raven god or spirit Kutcha (or Kutkh, (Кутх)) is important in the shamanic tradition of the Koryaks and other...
Peninsula, for example, was supposed to have been created by the raven god Kutkh. There are several references to common ravens in the Old Testament of the...
in Siberia, where they find Kutkh, who has captured Friar. The heroes begin to fight with the villain, but they lose. Kutkh turns Grom into a monster,...
Chukchi wore laminar armour of hardened leather reinforced by wood and bones. Kutkh (also Kutkha, Kootkha, Kutq Kutcha and other variants, Russian: Кутх), is...
peoples,: 387 such as the Tsimshian: 397 and the Haida. Similar tales about Kutkh appear in Chukchi cultures in the north-east of Asia and it is probable...
she has been Chair of "Graphics and Computer Animation". 1985 "Kutkh and the Mouse" (Kutkh i myshi) 1987 "The Wingless Gosling" (Beskrylyi gusyonok) 1989...
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