Aturamo'a
Dobu · numen · Dobu traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Aturamo'a is the second of the three petrified siblings of the Dobu-district Kula mythology. He and his brother Atu'a'ine face the sea near the Sanaroa lagoon, and voyagers on the Kula route give them offerings and recite spells at their stones to secure success in the exchange. His sister Sinatemubadiye'i, by contrast, was set facing inland and receives garden produce rather than valuables.
Domains
- exchange
- sea voyaging
Powers
- receives kula offerings and grants luck in the exchange
Relations
- sibling: Atu'a'ineBronisław Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922), ch. XII, on the petrified siblings. (primary)
- sibling: Sinatemubadiye'iBronisław Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922), ch. XII, on the petrified siblings. (primary)
Sources
- Aturamo'a is one of three siblings turned to stone along the kula sea-route near Sanaroa; he faces the sea and receives kula offerings.: Bronisław Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1922), ch. XII 'Mythology of the Kula'. (primary)