Batara Lattuq, Second Ruler of Luwuq

Batara Lattuq, whose personal name is La Tiuleng, is the son of Batara Guru, the first man to descend from heaven, and of We Nyiliq Timoq, raised from the Underworld. He succeeds his father as the second divine sovereign of Luwuq, the senior kingdom of the Bugis. His marriage produces the celebrated twins Sawerigading and We Tenriabeng, whose forbidden mutual attraction and subsequent separate destinies form the dramatic heart of the Sureq Galigo. Through Sawerigading he is grandfather of the epic's title-figure, I La Galigo.

Parentage

• parent: Batara Guru, the First to Descend to the Middleworld
• parent: We Nyiliq Timoq, Princess of the Underworld

Children

• We Tenriabeng, Twin Sister of Sawerigading

Children in alternative accounts

• Sawerigading, Wandering Hero of Luwuq: Abidin: La Galigo accountAndi’ Zainal Abidin, The Emergence of Early Kingdoms in South Sulawesi (1983), pp.456, 460–461 and 465, sections IV.2 and V.2 (secondary)

Names and tradition associations

• La Tiuleng Bugis · same recordAndi’ Zainal Abidin, The Emergence of Early Kingdoms in South Sulawesi (1983), pp.456, 460–461 and 465, sections IV.2 and V.2 (secondary)

Domains

• kingship

Powers

• to reign over the kingdom of Luwuq

Relations

• father of: Sawerigading, Wandering Hero of LuwuqBatara Lattuq is father of the twins Sawerigading and We Tenriabeng.Christian Pelras, The Bugis (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1996), ch. 2. (secondary); Andi’ Zainal Abidin, The Emergence of Early Kingdoms in South Sulawesi (1983), pp.456, 460–461 and 465, sections IV.2 and V.2 (secondary)
• father of: We Tenriabeng, Twin Sister of SawerigadingHe fathers the twin daughter We Tenriabeng alongside Sawerigading.Sirtjo Koolhof, 'The La Galigo: A Bugis Encyclopaedia and its Growth,' Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 155/3 (1999): 362-387. (secondary)
• spouse: We Datu SengngengAndi’ Zainal Abidin, The Emergence of Early Kingdoms in South Sulawesi (1983), pp.456, 460–461 and 465, sections IV.2 and V.2 (secondary)

Sources

• Batara Lattuq (La Tiuleng), son of Batara Guru and We Nyiliq Timoq, is the second ruler of Luwuq and father of the twins Sawerigading and We Tenriabeng.: Christian Pelras, The Bugis (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1996), ch. 2. (secondary); Andi Zainal Abidin (trans. C.C. Macknight), 'The I La Galigo Epic Cycle of South Celebes and Its Diffusion,' Indonesia 17 (1974): 161-169. (secondary)