Naga Princess Queen of Funan

Progenitor demigod (naga-descended foundress). English description leads; native Soma / Neang Neak and the Chinese name Liǔyè ('Willow-leaf') in alt/transliterations. Her consort is Kaundinya / Preah Thong; the dynasty is matrilineal through her.

Domains

• serpent water lineage
• queenship and rule

Powers

• Weds the seafaring brahmin and founds the matriline of Funan
• Has her serpent-father drink the waters to bare the land of Kambuja

Epithets

• 柳葉

Relations

• spouse: Brahmin Founder-King of Funan

Sources

• Paul Pelliot, 'Le Fou-nan', Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient, vol. 3, 1903
• George Cœdès, The Indianized States of Southeast Asia, University of Hawai'i Press, 1968