King of the Spirits Biddarene
Hausa · deity · living Bori tradition · Recorded classification
Head of the second house of Jangare and biological father of Dan Galadima (Besmer 1983; Tremearne 1914). Authored as the prose-named father of the existing figure hausa_dan_galadima, who should gain parentIds += hausa_sarkin_aljan_biddarene. Entered as a deity-class spirit (aljan/iska) consistent with the other Jangare figures in the registry. His wife in Besmer is Magajiyar Jangare, a Kano spirit not named in the window prose and so left unauthored here.
Domains
- kingship spirit world
Relations
- father of: the PrinceBiological father of Dan Galadima, the gambler-prince of Jangare, who is raised in the household of the elder brother Suleimanu.Besmer, Horses, Musicians, and Gods (1983) (secondary)
- sibling: King of the Spirits SolomonYounger brother of Sarkin Aljan Suleimanu, the king of Jangare; Biddarene heads the second of the twelve houses.Besmer, Horses, Musicians, and Gods (1983) — Biddarene the younger brother of the spirit-king Suleimanu (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Fremont E. Besmer, Horses, Musicians, and Gods: The Hausa Cult of Possession-Trance (1983) (secondary); A. J. N. Tremearne, The Ban of the Bori (1914) (secondary)
- fatherhood-of-dan-galadima: Besmer, Horses, Musicians, and Gods (1983) — Dan Galadima fathered by Sarkin Aljan Biddarene, raised in the household of Sarkin Aljan Suleimanu (secondary)