Witch-Queen
Balinese · deity · perennial / ritual performative; legend set in 11th c. Java · deity
Classed 'deity' as a powerful spirit/goddess-class being (Durga aspect), per the schema's restriction on type values. 'Rangda' literally means 'widow' in Old Javanese.
Domains
- black magic and pestilence
- widowhood and the demonic
- leyak witchcraft
Powers
- looses plague, crop-failure and death upon villages
- commands the shape-shifting leyak witches
- Devour children and prey on the newborn
Relations
- enemy: Guardian Beast-King
- syncretism: Durga