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.