The Evens are a Tungusic-speaking people of Siberia and the Russian Far East who live in Sakha east of the Lena River, Magadan Oblast, Kamchatka and nearby regions. They were formerly called Lamut by neighbours, a name the Yakuts coined, and Even is their own name. Wikipedia, Evens Their language and culture are close to those of the Evenki (see Evenki), and published records often describe Even and Evenki belief together. Few Even-specific myths have been published in English, so this page is short and says where the record is shared with the Evenki. Practice varies by region.
Worldview
Ethnographers describe traditional Even religion as animistic. Every living thing and natural object has a soul, and the world is filled with good and evil spirits that act as guardians of particular places, on which the welfare of hunting and herding families depends. Orthodox Christianity spread after the Russians arrived, and for some groups, such as those of today's Magadan region, it developed alongside shamanism into a blend of the two. Everyculture, Even Religion and Expressive Culture
Sardana Alexeyeva and Anatoliy Alexeyev, writing in The Northern Review about Even and Evenk shamanic cosmology in Yakutia, describe a world of three parts. There is the human world, an Upper World called Dulyn Buga and a Lower World called Hargy Buga. The Upper World is pictured as the antlers of a reindeer or elk, with levels of seven, nine and twelve heavens. The Northern Review, Shamanic Cosmology Among the Tungus People of Eastern Siberia
Even people also believe that the soul of a dead person goes to a higher world, where the person needs the goods left at the grave. Items placed on the grave are broken or torn so that, like a body, they release something that can pass to the deceased. Everyculture, Even Religion and Expressive Culture
Deities and Spirits
Buga is the highest being in the Tungusic tradition. In Even the creator is called Nalban Omgo Ogyn Buga, and the proper name is Hovky-Sovky (the Evenk equivalent is Shavaky-Savaky). All spirits are said to originate with the creator. The Northern Review, Shamanic Cosmology Among the Tungus People of Eastern Siberia Buga also means "sky" or "universe" in Tungusic languages. Among the eastern Tungus, Buga is described as a distant figure that shamans do not work with directly. Wikipedia, Buga (deity)
Beyond Buga, the sources describe categories rather than named individuals. Everyculture lists guardian spirits of the taiga, mountains, water, animals and fire, and the bear, which receives special ritual respect. The hearth fire is a helper of people, who gives warmth and food and is imagined as an old man. Everyculture, Even Religion and Expressive Culture
Evens today ask the fire for success in hunting, family happiness and protection from evil spirits. They "feed" it with meat or other food and "water" it with vodka when food is obtained. On each migration they leave food or small objects for the guardian spirits of places. Everyculture, Even Religion and Expressive Culture
Myths and Stories
No Even myth text is available in openly accessible sources. Wikipedia says Even folklore consists of stories and songs that usually feature ground animals and birds. Wikipedia, Evens The Tungusic creation myth, in which Buga uses fire to make land from a primordial sea, is recorded from the Transbaikal Tungus in an 1824 account, and that article does not attribute it to the Evens. Wikipedia, Tungusic creation myth
Creatures and Spirit Beings
No named monsters are documented in published sources. The bear is the most prominent animal being. It is treated with special respect, and its hunt is accompanied by many rituals. The meat is eaten ceremonially at a festival called urkachak, and the skull and bones are placed on raised scaffolds called qulik so the bear will not take offence and will be reborn after a time. Everyculture, Even Religion and Expressive Culture
Shaman helper spirits, the same source notes, appear as people, animals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Everyculture, Even Religion and Expressive Culture
Shamans
Each territorial group traditionally had a shaman who mediated with spirits, healed people and animals, divined, and led the dead to the world of the dead. A shaman's costume has metal pendants and an antler cap made of iron, and shamans use a tambourine and a rattle. Everyculture, Even Religion and Expressive Culture
Today
Few shamans remain after Soviet antireligious policy. Those who do mostly divine and interpret signs and dreams, and healing is rare. Traditional views still persist among people of all ages. Everyculture, Even Religion and Expressive Culture Officially Evens have been counted as Orthodox since the 19th century. Wikipedia, Evens