Ro Lei
Banks Islands · numen · Banks Islands traditional religion; continuing · numen
Ro Lei, the lady Lei, is the wife of Qat in the Banks Islands cycle. Her role is that of the coveted consort: the eleven brothers of Qat desire her, and their jealousy sets in motion the sequence of attempts on Qat's life, in which they fell a tree upon him, fling him into a pit, and try to drown or crush him, only for Marawa the spider to rescue him each time. Through her the cycle's central conflict of a hero against his envious kin is joined.
Domains
- marriage and consort
Powers
- be the coveted wife over whom the brothers plot
Epithets
- Iro Lei
Relations
- spouse: Qat