Second of the Three High Gods

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

• Great Origin of Becoming

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 Gods
• sibling: Third of the Three High Gods
• father: Great Origin of Becoming

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.