Goropui
Kanak · mortal · Kanak traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Goropui appears among the founding ancestors recorded in the traditions of the Grande Terre chieftaincies, an apical figure at the source of a lineage's title to its territory. The genealogies in which he is named blend the mythic beginning of the clan with the memory of its elders, and beyond his role as origin-ancestor little narrative is attached to him.
Domains
- ancestry
Powers
- stands at the origin of a clan's title to its territory
Sources
- Goropui appears among the founding ancestors recorded in the traditions of the Grande Terre chieftaincies, an apical figure at the source of a lineage's title to its territory.: Jean Guiart, Structure de la chefferie en Mélanésie du Sud (Institut d'Ethnologie, Paris, 1963) (secondary)