God of Wealth

Male counterpart of Dewi Sri: god of wealth, money and prosperity (Sedana = 'money'), her brother and divine consort. Resides at Pura Goa Raja in the Besakih complex; the annual Sri-Sedana 'wedding' rite seeks both harvest and material plenty. Carried only implicitly in Dewi Sri's source-title ('Sri and Sedana ...') until materialized here.

Domains

• wealth and prosperity
• rice and agriculture

Powers

• bestow material wealth and abundance
• Grant gold, silver, money and good fortune to traders

Relations

• sibling: Rice Goddess

Sources

• Wessing, Robert (1990). 'Sri and Sedana and the Spirits in the House,' Asian Folklore Studies 49(2): 235-258.
• Covarrubias, Miguel (1937). Island of Bali. New York: Knopf.