Bwaxat
Kanak · mortal · Kanak traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Bwaxat is remembered as a founding ancestor in the chieftaincy genealogies of the northern Grande Terre, one of the apical figures from whom a clan traces its rooting in a particular valley. As with many such ancestors, the tradition preserves his place at the origin of a lineage more than any developed myth; his name secures the bond between a descent group and its land.
Domains
- ancestry
Powers
- roots a lineage in its valley
Sources
- Bwaxat is remembered as a founding ancestor in the chieftaincy genealogies of the northern Grande Terre, one of the apical figures from whom a clan traces its rooting in a valley.: Jean Guiart, Structure de la chefferie en Mélanésie du Sud (Institut d'Ethnologie, Paris, 1963) (secondary)