Mother of the Gonds
Gondi · deity · mythic founding age · Recorded classification
Gond goddess of the Lingo cycle; name overlaps pan-Indian Kali but the role is tradition-specific. Limited attestation.
Domains
- motherhood and origins
Powers
- brings forth the first Gonds released by Lingo
Relations
- ally: Lingo the Culture-BringerReciprocal of gondi_lingo_pen.ally — In the Kachargad charter-myth Lingo frees the imprisoned Gond children of mother Kali Kankali and founds the clan order.Motiravan Kangali, Pari Kupar Lingo Gondi Punem Darshan (Nagpur 1997); cf. S. Hislop, Papers Relating to the Aboriginal Tribes of the Central Provinces (1866) (secondary)
Sources
- Kali Kankali is the mother-goddess of the Lingo origin-legend, associated with the birth and nurture of the first Gonds later freed by Lingo.: Hislop, S. (1866). The Legend of Lingo, in Papers Relating to the Aboriginal Tribes of the Central Provinces, ed. R. Temple. Nagpur. (scholarship); Russell, R.V. & Hira Lal (1916). The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, vol. III. (scholarship)