Soul-Ferryman of the Dead
Dayak · deity · perennial / mortuary ritual · Recorded classification
Type 'deity' as a divine/spirit-class soul-guide (psychopomp). Included as the ferryman figure requested in the brief.
Domains
- death and the soul journey
Powers
- ferries the souls of the dead past dangers to the heavenly village
- ferries the souls of the dead in the soul-ship past dangers to the highest heaven
Sources
- Tempon Telon is the Ngaju Dayak psychopomp who, in the magah liau and Tiwah death rituals, pilots the ship of the dead carrying souls past dangers to the heavenly Prosperous Village (Lewu Tatau).: Schärer, Hans (1963/1946). Ngaju Religion. Trans. R. Needham. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. (secondary); Baier, Martin (2007). 'The Development of the Hindu Kaharingan Religion,' Borneo Research Bulletin 38. (secondary)