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'''Proto-Namuno-Ethian mythology''' is the body of myths and deities associated with the [[Proto-Namuno-Ethians]], the hypothetical speakers of the reconstructed [[Proto-Namuno-Ethian language]] spoken from about 3570 to 1200 BNB. Although the mythological motifs are not directly attested–since Proto-Namuno-Ethian speakers lived in preliterate societies–scholars of comparative mythology have reconstructed details from inherited similarities found among [[Namuno-Ethian languages]], based on the assumption that parts of the Proto-Namuno-Ethians' original belief systems survived in the daughter traditions.

The Proto-Namuno-Ethian pantheon includes a number of securely reconstructed deities, most of them cognates in name and associated with similar attributes and body of myths:

*the primordial beings, usually a monster resembling a serpent with the head of a [[feld]], ''*[[Sneyn̥t]]'' (“the primordial” or “the zeroeth”), the soil itself, *''[[Pánuh₂dunes]]'' ("soil-mother" or "pregnant earth"), and the ocean, *''[[Sepʰaylʰos]]'' ("he who rolls on himself"),
*twins created from the primordial being as the first, god-like felds, ''*[[Seyrkunos]]'' and ''*[[H₄morkunos]]'' (“firstborn” and “secondborn”),
*morning sky and night sky deities born from the ashes of the slain primordial being, ''*[[H₄éwtos]]'' "morning sky" and *''[[Rowfseǵʰes]]'' sometimes referred to with epithets, like ''*newh₂m̥h₁s'' "progenitor" or the ethian *''soǵʰh₄lor'' "of adorned heaven,"
*a series of gods born from the primordial entities:
**the children of the morning sky, a sun god, ''*[[Lawmam̥h₁s|Loymam̥h₁s]]'', and the [[Moddyn (planet)|white wandering star]], *''[[Wēnoys]]'',
**the children of the night sky, a moon god, ''*[[H₄amam̥h₁s]]'', and the [[Lowyrn (planet)|blue wandering star]], *''[[Lʰuldyos]]'',
**the children of the soil, gods representing the fruit and wines, ''*[[Logʰr̥nm̥h₁s]]'', the grain and ales, ''*[[Kʷʰyonos]]'', the livestock, *''[[Boypʰr̥os]]'', and the harvestable plants, *''[[Yaros]]'' (or *''Soylpʰr̥os'', uncertain),
**the children of the ocean, therefore the rivers, *''[[Bentʰos]]'', sea, *''[[Ḱolʰtʰos]]'', and lakes, *''[[Seyntʰos]]'',
*two gods born as forces of nature: ''*[[Bredʰm̥h₁s]]'', a goddess of fertility, and *''[[H₄sdonyol]]'', a god of the dead,
*the twins’ children, usually two for each, ''*[[Kwh₄rartʰōs]]'' (“priest, elder”), ''*[[Kih₃l̥m̥h₁s]]'' (“orator”), ''*[[Boym̥h₁s]]'' (“herder”) and ''*[[Tēwmm̥h₁s]]'' (“warrior”).

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