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Classed as deity (a celestial being). Olapa is the common Maa noun for 'moon', here personified per Hollis's sun-and-moon narrative. Some popular sources instead pair Olapa with Enkai; the Hollis 1905 text gives the sun-and-moon spousal quarrel, which is the primary attestation used here.
Domains
the moon
Powers
quarrels with and wounds her husband the sun
shows her bruised, marked face as she crosses the sky
Sources
Hollis, A.C., 'The Masai: Their Language and Folklore' (1905), 'The Sun and the Moon'