Moon Deity, Spouse of the Sun

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'