Mistress of the Land of the Dead
Kiwai · demigod · mythic ancestral · Recorded classification
Female denizen of the underworld, daughter of the eponymous Adiri and bride of Sido; rendered demigod (chthonic/ancestral tier). Some recensions vary the names of Adiri's daughter and of Sido's wives (e.g. Sagaru, Pekai in related tellings); Dirivo follows Landtman's Adiri account. English-leading name; vernacular Dirivo in term.
Domains
- death and the afterworld
Powers
- Dwell as mistress in the land of the dead
Relations
- spouse: First Man to DieReciprocal of kiwai_sido.spouse — In Adiri the first of the dead weds Dirivo, daughter of the master of the land of the dead.Landtman, The Folk-Tales of the Kiwai Papuans (1917), Sido cycle (primary)
Sources
- Dirivo is the daughter of Adiri, the first inhabitant of the barren land of the dead; Sido, the first man to die, married her, after which his generative power brought the plants of Adiri into being.: Landtman, G. (1917). The Folk-Tales of the Kiwai Papuans. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 47, Helsinki. (ethnography)