Malevolent God

A malevolent member of the dama spirit-class but also numbered among Honabe's children; rendered as demigod given his parentage, with the dama affiliation noted. Functions as the Huli locus of natural evil, often glossed by missionaries as 'Satan'.

Parentage

• Creator-Mother
• Sky-Father

Domains

• sickness and misfortune

Powers

• INFLICT sickness and misfortune through deceit

Relations

• sibling: Moon
• sibling: Ancestor of the Huli
• sibling: Firstborn God
• sibling: Sun
• sibling: Piandela

Sources

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