Sinatemubadiye'i
Dobu · numen · Dobu traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Sinatemubadiye'i is the sister of the petrified brothers Atu'a'ine and Aturamo'a. In the myth she was set facing inland rather than toward the sea; because she turned her back on the water she receives no Kula offerings but is given garden produce, and she is associated with the fertility of yams and gardens rather than with overseas valuables. Her stone stands near Sanaroa, close to Dobu, completing the trio of siblings that mark the Kula sea-route.
Domains
- gardening
- fertility
Powers
- receives offerings of garden produce rather than kula valuables
Relations
- sibling: Atu'a'ineBronisław Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922), ch. XII, on the petrified siblings. (primary)
- sibling: Aturamo'aBronisław Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922), ch. XII, on the petrified siblings. (primary)
Sources
- Sinatemubadiye'i is the sister of the petrified kula stones Atu'a'ine and Aturamo'a; set facing inland near Sanaroa, she receives offerings of garden produce rather than kula valuables.: Bronisław Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific (London: George Routledge & Sons, 1922), ch. XII 'Mythology of the Kula'. (primary)