Celestial Founding-Mother of the Khmer
Khmer · demigod · mythic foundation age · Recorded classification
Progenitor demigod (celestial nymph / apsara ancestress). English description leads; native Mera in alt/transliterations. Counterpart to Kambu.
Domains
- ancestry of a people
- celestial nymph being
Powers
- Joins the sage Kambu to mother the Khmer royal people
Relations
- spouse: Hermit Founder-Ancestor of the KhmerReciprocal of khmer_kambu.spouse — The hermit Kambu Svayambhuva and the celestial nymph Mera, given to him by Shiva, are the eponymous ancestral couple of the Kambuja royal line.Baksei Chamkrong inscription K. 286 (947 CE); cf. G. Coedes, The Indianized States of Southeast Asia (1968) (primary)
Sources
- Mera, the celestial maiden granted to Kambu, is the founding-mother of the Khmer, the union of Kambu and Mera being the legendary source of the name Khmer.: George Cœdès, The Indianized States of Southeast Asia, University of Hawai'i Press, 1968 (secondary)