Queen of the Southern Sea

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 javanese · Kanjeng Ratu Kidul'Her Majesty the Queen of the South (Sea)'Mataram court tradition; Babad Tanah Jawi (secondary)

Sources

• Nyai Roro Kidul (Kanjeng Ratu Kidul) is the goddess-queen of the southern (Indian) ocean in Javanese and Sundanese belief, spiritual consort of the rulers of Mataram, whose sacred colour is green and who still receives court offerings (labuhan).: Wessing, Robert (1997). 'Nyai Roro Kidul in Puger: Local Applications of a Myth,' Archipel 53: 97-120. (secondary); Ricklefs, M.C. (1998). The Seen and Unseen Worlds in Java, 1726-1749. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. (secondary)