Sky Father
Marind · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Sky-father within the Marind dema complex. Treated as deity. Recorded by Wirz (1922-25) and analysed by Van Baal (1966).
Children
Domains
- sky
Powers
- begets the first dema together with the earth
Relations
- spouse: Earth MotherSky-father and earth-mother, the paired primordial powers of the Marind dema cosmology recorded by Wirz.J. van Baal, Dema: Description and Analysis of Marind-Anim Culture (The Hague 1966) (secondary)
Sources
- Dinadin is the sky-deity of the Marind-anim of south New Guinea, paired with the earth-deity Nubog as parents of dema such as Geb and Sami.: van Baal, Jan. Dema: Description and Analysis of Marind-anim Culture (1966) (secondary); Wirz, Paul. Die Marind-anim von Holländisch-Süd-Neu-Guinea (1922–25) (secondary)