Fern Flower
Published on November 2, 2018

Dotam

  • Dootem
  • Dotet bat
  • Dotet
  • Dootadam
  • Dootam bam
  • Dootham bam
  • Dotet
  • Dotodam

Regions of expansion

Russia 1
Russian Federation

Description

In the folklore of the Ketov (small people Western Siberia) is a female creature living in the taiga and mountains. Scares people with his scream.

It is capable of destroying a person, but even if he is not afraid, he can cope with it, win with cunning, intelligence, courage. ​‌‌​‌‌​ ​‌​‌‌‌‌ ​​​‌​‌ ​​‌​‌​ ​​‌​‌‌ ​‌​​​‌ ​​‌‌​​ ​​‌​​​ ​‌​​​‌ ​​‌‌‌​ ​​‌​‌​ ​‌​​​‌ ​​‌​‌‌ ​​‌‌‌‌ ​‌​​‌‌ ​‌​‌​‌​ ​‌‌​‌‌​ ​‌‌‌​‌‌ ​​‌‌‌‌ ​‌​​​‌ ​​‌​‌‌ ​​‌‌‌‌ ​‌​​‌‌ ​‌​‌​‌​ ​‌‌​‌‌​ ​‌‌‌​‌‌ ​​‌‌‌‌

Young Chum salmon familiar with Russian folklore call her by analogy "baba-yaga", but sometimes dootam is used as a substitute for the forbidden name Hosedam — the wife of the supreme god Yesya, expelled by him from Heaven, as a negative beginning of the Ket pantheon.​‌‌​‌‌​ 

Interestingly, in 1987, the Vereshchagin residents showed a pit on the old airfield site, where it was believed that Dootam lived. She left her abode, frightened by geological tracked all-terrain vehicles and other equipment.​

Dotam in popular culture