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by Ryan Tuccinardi

The primordial goddess of Altaic (Mansi and Khanty) myth, Ak-ana arose from the primordial waters to meet Kara-han, her future husband. He was awed by her beauty and her strength, for she sprang from the waters poisonous even to Snake and Scorpion.