Heavenly Archer

Hmong · demigod · Hmong/Miao mythic age of many suns · demigod

Demigod / culture-hero (a heroic archer of the mythic age). English title leads; native RPA Yaj Yuam in alt/transliterations.

Domains

sun and sky order
archery and the hunt

Powers

Shoots down the many suns and moons scorching the world

Sources

Charles Johnson (ed.), Dab Neeg Hmoob: Myths, Legends and Folk Tales from the Hmong of Laos, Macalester College, 1985
Nicholas Tapp, 'Hmong Religion', Asian Folklore Studies, vol. 48, no. 1, 1989

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