the Leper
Hausa · deity · living Bori tradition · Recorded classification
Spirit-class figure entered as a deity (senior iska). 'Kuturu' = 'leper'; his domain is leprosy, an affliction Bori spirits both cause and cure. Source: Besmer (1983).
Domains
- leprosy disease
- counsel statecraft
Powers
- to strike the body with leprosy and wasting sores
Sources
- Kuturu, 'the Leper', heads the fourth house of Jangare (the House of Lepers) and is the senior counsellor to Sarkin Aljan Suleimanu; in lore he is the lover of the king's wife Inna and a rival of Kure the Hyena for her affection.: Fremont E. Besmer, Horses, Musicians, and Gods (1983) (secondary)