Karoba

Karoba is the dark-skinned daughter whose cry, when Souw's serpent-like member coupled with her, provoked the creator's shame and departure and so precipitated the coming of death. Unlike her sister Yaro, who followed Souw, Karoba stayed on the Bore, and from her the dark-skinned peoples, the Daribi among them, are descended. Sources differ on whether she and Yaro share the single father Souw or only their mother, the widow of the Bore.

Parentage

• parent: Widow of the BoreDaughter of the widow of the Bore.'Le travail du mythe', ch. 4 (books.openedition.org/sdo/1224). (secondary)

Domains

• ancestry

Powers

• founds the dark-skinned Daribi

Relations

• parent: Widow of the BoreDaughter of the widow of the Bore.'Le travail du mythe', ch. 4 (books.openedition.org/sdo/1224). (secondary)
• sibling: YaroYaro is her light-skinned sister.'Le travail du mythe', ch. 4 (books.openedition.org/sdo/1224). (secondary)

Sources

• Karoba is the dark-skinned daughter whose cry, when Souw's serpent-like member couples with her, provokes the creator's shame and departure; she remains on the Bore and becomes ancestress of the dark-skinned peoples.: 'Le travail du mythe', ch. 4 (Societe des Oceanistes; books.openedition.org/sdo/1224). (secondary); Roy Wagner, The Curse of Souw (1967). (primary)