Lady of the Lake
Balinese · deity · perennial / agrarian ritual present · deity
Often paired conceptually with the god of Gunung Agung/the volcano as the female (water) to his male (fire/mountain) pole.
Domains
- fresh water and lakes
- irrigation and rice terraces
Powers
- releases and apportions the waters that irrigate the rice terraces
- Rule Lake Batur as the source of Bali's rivers and springs
Sources
- Lansing, J. Stephen (1991). Priests and Programmers: Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali. Princeton University Press.
- Lansing, J. Stephen (2006). Perfect Order. Princeton University Press.
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