Javanese · demigod · fall of Majapahit, late 15th c.; thereafter perennial guardian spirit · demigod
Type 'demigod': a deified human/ancestral mountain-king (a scion of Majapahit royalty elevated to guardian-spirit). vitalStatus 'ascended' (moksha / became a spirit-being).
Domains
mountain guardianship
Powers
rules and guards the spirit realm of the eastern Javanese volcanoes
Sources
Wikipedia (Indonesian), 'Sunan Lawu' (consulted 2026).
Lyon, Margo L. (1980). 'The Hindu Revival in Java,' in J. Fox (ed.), Indonesia: The Making of a Culture. ANU. (context on Lawu Majapahit memory).