Things of Gladness

Spirit-class of festive/totemic beings within the hevehe complex; rendered deity (spirit-class), collective and sex-unspecified. The eharo masks are the attested cult-object. Distinguished from the awe-laden ma-hevehe by their playful character. Williams (1940) is the source.

Domains

• festival and play
• totemic spirits

Powers

• DANCE as the lighthearted spirit-beings of the cycle

Relations

• companion: Sea-Spirits of the Masks

Sources

• Williams, F.E. (1940). Drama of Orokolo: The Social and Ceremonial Life of the Elema. Oxford University Press, Clarendon.