Weaver Who Made the Earth

The earth-diver/earth-spreader creatrix; her epithet links her to weaving (she was let down on a spun thread in some versions). 'Deak Parujar' is associated with spinning/weaving skill.

Parentage

• First of the Three High Gods

Domains

• earth creation
• weaving and craft

Powers

• spreads earth upon the primeval sea from a handful of soil
• pins the world-serpent to keep the earth from being shaken under
• becomes ancestress of all humankind
• Weaves the ulos ragidup, the textile of life

Epithets

• the weaver who made the earth

Relations

• enemy: Serpent of the Underworld Sea

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.