First of the Three High Gods

The Batak Batara Guru differs from the Javano-Balinese Shiva-Guru: here he is one of three brothers (with Soripada and Mangalabulan), associated with wisdom/origination. Kept distinct from balinese_batara_guru.

Parentage

• Great Origin of Becoming

Children

• Weaver Who Made the Earth

Domains

• wisdom and cosmic order

Powers

• fathers the goddess who will fashion the earth
• Teaches gods and humans wisdom and cosmic order
• Fathers Si Boru Deak Parujar who fashions the earth

Epithets

• Debata Batara Guru

Relations

• sibling: Third of the Three High Gods
• sibling: Second of the Three High Gods

Sources

• Warneck, Johannes (1909). Die Religion der Batak. Leipzig: Dieterich.
• Angerler, Johann (2016). 'Images of God in Toba Batak storytelling,' Wacana 17(2): 303-335.