Second of the Three High Gods
Batak · deity · primordial age of the gods · Recorded classification
Second of the Debata na Tolu, the Batak high-god trinity; son of Mula Jadi na Bolon and brother of Batara Guru and Mangalabulan. Preserver of the cosmos (Vishnu-like), of the middle world and of purity. Named in the batch prose of batak_batara_guru ('one of three brothers, with Soripada and Mangalabulan'); materialized here.
Parentage
- father: Great Origin of BecomingSon of the creator Mula Jadi na Bolon.Warneck, Die Religion der Batak (1909) — Mula Jadi na Bolon fathered the three high gods. (secondary)
Domains
- preservation and purity
Powers
- preserve and maintain the cosmos
- Preserves and maintains the cosmos and its purity
Relations
- sibling: First of the Three High GodsBrother of Batara Guru in the Debata na Tolu; reciprocal sibling edge needed on batak_batara_guru.Warneck, Die Religion der Batak (1909) — the three high gods Batara Guru, Soripada and Mangalabulan. (secondary)
- sibling: Third of the Three High GodsBrother of Mangalabulan; reciprocated within this batch.Warneck, Die Religion der Batak (1909). (secondary)
- father: Great Origin of BecomingSon of the creator Mula Jadi na Bolon.Warneck, Die Religion der Batak (1909) — Mula Jadi na Bolon fathered the three high gods. (secondary)
Sources
- Soripada (Sori Sohaliapan), the second of the Batak high-god trinity (Debata na Tolu) and a son of Mula Jadi na Bolon, is the preserver of the cosmos, likened to Vishnu, brother of Batara Guru and Mangalabulan.: Warneck, Johannes (1909). Die Religion der Batak. Leipzig: Dieterich. (secondary); Angerler, Johann (2016). 'Images of God in Toba Batak storytelling,' Wacana 17(2): 303-335. (secondary)