Lord of the East

Bororo (Mato Grosso). English 'Lord of the East' leads; Bororo Itubore (also Ituboré). Culture-hero / lord-of-the-dead of the eastern moiety path, complementary to Bakororo in the west. Treated as a deity.

Domains

• the dead
• the east

Powers

• receive the souls at the eastern path
• Receives the souls of the dead at the eastern path

Relations

• sibling: Lord of the West

Sources

• Crocker, J. Christopher (1985). Vital Souls: Bororo Cosmology, Natural Symbolism, and Shamanism. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
• Colbacchini, Antonio & Albisetti, Cesar (1942). Os Boróros Orientais Orarimogodogue. São Paulo: Companhia Editora Nacional.