Mistress of the Land of the Dead

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 Die

Sources

• Landtman, G. (1917). The Folk-Tales of the Kiwai Papuans. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 47, Helsinki.