Väterchen Frost
Many ethnic minorities have for linguistic reasons other names for Ded Moroz or even have their own culture-equivalent counterparts to Ded Moroz. For example, in Bashkir Ded Moroz is known as "Ҡыш бабай" ("Qïš babay", literally: "Winter Old Man"), in Tatar it has the similar spelling "Qış Babay" ("Кыш бабай") with the same meaning. In Nenets he is known as "Yamal Iri" ("Grandfather of Yamal"). The Yakut indigenous people have their own counterpart to Ded Moroz, which is called "Chys Khaan" ("Master of Cold").