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In Ob-Ugrian mythology [ru] (i.e., mythology of Khanty and Mansi peoples), Kaltas-Ekwa (Russian: Калтась-эква) was the mother of the hero Mir-Susne-Hum and the wife of the god Num-Torum, who defeated her in heaven. She was also a goddess of the moon associated with the month April; a birth giving goddess (she is called upon by women in child-birth); goddess of fate; goddess of dawn and a shape-shifter, often shown manifested as a hare.

Vladimir Napolskikh and Sergey Belykh suggest that the name is a borrowing from the goddess name Kyldys-in of neighboring peoples and draw a parallel with with Kyldysin [ru], Udmurt deity of agriculture, fertility and newborns.

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  1. Mansi Mythology, Akadémiai Kiadó, 2008, pp. 36, 79, 80
  2. Напольских В. В., Белых С. К. "Удмуртский Кылдысин — мансийская Калтась: истоки параллелизма",In: Культурно-генетические процессы в Западной Сибири Томск, 1993, pp. 172—174.

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