Initiation-giant dema; the Sosom cult was analysed at length by Wirz and Van Baal. Some myths connect him to ritualized homosexuality in male initiation. Treated as deity.
Domains
male initiation
thunder
Powers
drives off the women and initiates the young men
Epithets
Sosom
Sources
van Baal, Jan. Dema: Description and Analysis of Marind-anim Culture (1966)
Wirz, Paul. Die Marind-anim von Holländisch-Süd-Neu-Guinea (1922–25)