Watcher of Kin-Law

A high sky-god of moral sanction; rendered as deity. Notably set apart from the dama class of nature-spirits both in name (never called dama) and in being beyond ritual manipulation. Often discussed comparatively as a 'high god of morality' in Melanesian religion.

Domains

• moral order and justice
• kinship and taboo
• sky

Powers

• PUNISH breaches of kinship law from the sky

Epithets

• Datagaliwabe

Sources

• Glasse, R.M. (1965). 'The Huli of the Southern Highlands.' In Lawrence & Meggitt (eds.), Gods Ghosts and Men in Melanesia. Oxford University Press.
• Frankel, S. (1986). The Huli Response to Illness. Cambridge University Press.