Iampelasoamananoro
Malagasy · scion · mythic · Recorded classification
The 'Girl of Grace', betrothed of Ibonia (claimed by him before his birth) and the prize of the epic. Abducted by Ravatovolovoay the 'Stone Man', she rebuffs him until Ibonia frees her, marries her, and lives with her until his death. Authored as a scion (a maiden of the heroic/noble world of the epic). Wired reciprocally as Ibonia's spouse and as the rival/captive of Ravatovolovoay; no parentage is firmly named, so parentIds are omitted.
Domains
- grace and beauty
Powers
- Scorns and resists her captor
Epithets
- Girl of GraceHaring's standing English rendering of Iampelasoamananoro (also 'the joy-giving girl').Lee Haring, Ibonia: Epic of Madagascar (1994) (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: IboniaBetrothed to Ibonia before his birth and ultimately his wife; the object of his quest.Lee Haring, Ibonia: Epic of Madagascar (1994) (secondary)
- rival: RavatovolovoayHer abductor, the 'Stone Man', whose suit she rejects and from whom Ibonia rescues her.Lee Haring, Ibonia: Epic of Madagascar (1994) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Lee Haring, Ibonia: Epic of Madagascar (1994) (secondary); Lee Haring, How to Read a Folktale: The 'Ibonia' Epic from Madagascar (Open Book Publishers, 2013) (secondary)