Spirit-King of Mount Lawu
Javanese · demigod · fall of Majapahit, late 15th c.; thereafter perennial guardian spirit · Recorded classification
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
- Sunan Lawu (Eyang Lawu) is the deified guardian spirit-king of Mount Lawu in Javanese tradition, identified with Raden Gugur, son of the last Majapahit ruler Brawijaya V, who attained the rank after the king's moksha on the mountain.: Wikipedia (Indonesian), 'Sunan Lawu' (consulted 2026). (secondary); 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). (secondary)