Malevolent God
Huli · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
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
- parent: Creator-Mother
- parent: Sky-Father
Domains
- sickness and misfortune
Powers
- INFLICT sickness and misfortune through deceit
Relations
- sibling: MoonFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Creator-Mother & Sky-Father) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Ancestor of the HuliFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Creator-Mother & Sky-Father) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Firstborn GodFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Creator-Mother & Sky-Father) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: SunFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Creator-Mother & Sky-Father) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Piandela
Sources
- Heyolabe, a son of Honabe, is regarded as a dama (malevolent spirit) who controls natural forces and brings sickness, accident and death directly or through witches and charged objects, and who cannot be propitiated.: Frankel, S. (1986). The Huli Response to Illness. Cambridge University Press. (ethnography); Glasse, R.M. (1965). 'The Huli of the Southern Highlands.' In Lawrence & Meggitt (eds.), Gods Ghosts and Men in Melanesia. Oxford University Press. (ethnography)