Sky-Father

Consort of Honabe in the Huli creation account. Classed here as a deity (sky-being / procreator tier). Distinct from the lesser dama nature-spirits.

Children

• Moon
• Ancestor of the Huli
• Malevolent God
• Firstborn God
• Sun
• Piandela

Domains

• sky and procreation

Powers

• SIRE the primordial deities upon the creator-mother
• Sires the primordial deities upon the creator-mother Honabe

Relations

• spouse: Creator-MotherReciprocal of huli_honabe.spouse — Earth/creator-mother Honabe and the sky-father Timbu are the Huli procreator pair whose union founds the divine order.Glasse, R. M., 'The Huli of Papua: A Cognatic Descent System' (1968); Ballard, C., 'The Death of Jesus and the Death of the Ancestors' (Oceania, 1995) (secondary)
• ancestor of: Firstborn GodKorimogo the firstborn god already registers Honabe and Timbu as parents; mirrored ancestral note from the father.Glasse, R. M., 'The Huli of Papua' (1968), genealogy of the creator pair's children (secondary)

Sources

• Timbu is the male sky-deity who seduced the creator-mother Honabe, thereby fathering the primordial Huli gods.: Glasse, R.M. (1965). 'The Huli of the Southern Highlands.' In Lawrence & Meggitt (eds.), Gods Ghosts and Men in Melanesia. Oxford University Press. (ethnography)