Kanthai and Bajusshiak

Kanthai and Bajusshiak

in the mythology of the Kamtchatkians. Our figure represents both idols of the north Asiatic nations, especially of the inhabitants of Kamtchatka, just as they stand in the sacred corner of the common hut where the man keeps his weapons. They grant success in hunting and fishing, and therefore the latter is represented half fish-formed. They had no separate cultus, nor temples, nor priests.