Javanese · deity · legend rooted in 16th c. Mataram; perennial · deity
Some traditions distinguish Kanjeng Ratu Kidul (the queen proper) from Nyai Roro Kidul (her commander/aspect, the former princess Dewi Kadita of Pajajaran); recorded here as the dominant conflated figure with that distinction noted.
Domains
southern ocean
royal legitimacy
Powers
rules the spirit-armies and waters of the Indian Ocean
spiritually weds and legitimizes each ruler of Mataram
Epithets
ꦏꦚ꧀ꦗꦼꦁꦫꦠꦸꦏꦶꦢꦸꦭ꧀
Sources
Wessing, Robert (1997). 'Nyai Roro Kidul in Puger: Local Applications of a Myth,' Archipel 53: 97-120.
Ricklefs, M.C. (1998). The Seen and Unseen Worlds in Java, 1726-1749. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.