Gutuli
Kapsiki · numen · Kapsiki traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
The gutuli are a class of invisible spirits that roam the uninhabited bush and are reckoned children of shala. They belong to the wild rather than to the settled world of people, and Kapsiki thought associates newborn twins with them, treating twins as beings that come from and partake of the gutuli's ambiguous, extra-human nature. The name is a collective one for the class rather than the proper name of an individual spirit.
Parentage
- parent: ShalaThe gutuli are reckoned children of shala.van Beek, Walter E. A. 'Why a Twin Is Not a Child: Symbols in Kapsiki Birth Rituals' (gutuli are children of shala). (secondary)
Domains
- the bush wilderness
- twinning
Powers
- roam the wild bush unseen
Relations
- parent: ShalaThe gutuli are reckoned children of shala.van Beek, Walter E. A. 'Why a Twin Is Not a Child: Symbols in Kapsiki Birth Rituals' (gutuli are children of shala). (secondary)
Sources
- The gutuli are a class of bush-spirits that roam the wild and are counted as children of shala; newborn twins are likened to them.: van Beek, Walter E. A. 'Why a Twin Is Not a Child: Symbols in Kapsiki Birth Rituals.' (secondary)