God of Wealth
Balinese · deity · agrarian ritual present · Recorded classification
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 GoddessBrother and divine consort of Dewi Sri; the dominant Balinese framing makes them siblings whose ritual 'wedding' is annually re-enacted. Reciprocal sibling edge needed on balinese_dewi_sri.Wessing, Robert (1990). 'Sri and Sedana and the Spirits in the House,' Asian Folklore Studies 49(2): 235-258 — Sri and her brother Sedana. (secondary)
Sources
- Sedana (Betara/Rambut Sedana), the Balinese god of wealth and prosperity, is the brother and divine consort of the rice goddess Dewi Sri, paired with her in myth and in the agrarian ritual cycle and identified with the prosperity-aspect of Lakshmi.: Wessing, Robert (1990). 'Sri and Sedana and the Spirits in the House,' Asian Folklore Studies 49(2): 235-258. (secondary); Covarrubias, Miguel (1937). Island of Bali. New York: Knopf. (secondary)