Nyake
Barasana · demigod · Barasana traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Nyake is the younger brother of the earth ancestor Yeba. He appears in the marriage myth of Yeba and Yawira in the episode of the manioc sticks, when Yawira asks him to help carry the planting cuttings to her garden. His role sets the junior brother within the founding household and links the sibling pair to the origin of cultivation, one of the recurring concerns of the earth-people myth cycle.
Domains
- agriculture
Powers
- carries the manioc cuttings to the garden
Epithets
- Nyake — younger brotherChristine Hugh-Jones, From the Milk River (Cambridge University Press, 1979) (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: YebaYounger brother of the earth ancestor Yeba.Christine Hugh-Jones, From the Milk River (Cambridge University Press, 1979) (secondary)
Sources
- Nyake, Yeba's younger brother, helps Yawira carry manioc sticks to the garden for planting.: Christine Hugh-Jones, From the Milk River (Cambridge University Press, 1979) (secondary)