Soul-Ferryman of the Dead

Dayak · deity · perennial / mortuary ritual · deity

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

Schärer, Hans (1963/1946). Ngaju Religion. Trans. R. Needham. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.
Baier, Martin (2007). 'The Development of the Hindu Kaharingan Religion,' Borneo Research Bulletin 38.

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