Sami
Marind · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Sami is a Marind-anim dema, child of the sky-deity Dinadin and the earth-deity Nubog, named beside the dema Geb in the prose of marind_dinadin (parent of dema such as Geb and Sami) and in van Baal Dema (1966). Authored here with the parental links to Dinadin and Nubog and the sibling link to Geb.
Parentage
- parent: Sky Father
- parent: Earth Mother
Domains
- ancestral dema
- creation and origins
Powers
- stands among the first dema brought forth by sky and earth
Relations
- sibling: Moon AncestorBrother of the moon-dema Geb; both are children of Dinadin and Nubog.van Baal, Dema (1966): Geb and Sami, the dema offspring of Dinadin and Nubog (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Jan van Baal, Dema: Description and Analysis of Marind-anim Culture (1966) (secondary); Paul Wirz, Die Marind-anim von Hollandisch-Sud-Neu-Guinea (1922-25) (secondary)