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

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

Children

• We Tenriabeng, Twin Sister of Sawerigading

Domains

• kingship

Powers

• to reign over the kingdom of Luwuq

Relations

• father of: Sawerigading, Wandering Hero of Luwuq
• father of: We Tenriabeng, Twin Sister of Sawerigading

Sources

• Christian Pelras, The Bugis (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1996), ch. 2.
• Andi Zainal Abidin (trans. C.C. Macknight), 'The I La Galigo Epic Cycle of South Celebes and Its Diffusion,' Indonesia 17 (1974): 161-169.