Noin Namesh Koa

Noin Namesh Koa is named in the Shoma Wetsa cycle as a husband of the cannibal grandmother and the father of Rane Topne. His decisive act is protective rather than heroic: by hiding and sheltering his son he ensures the survival of the one child who will grow to destroy the man-eating ogress and bring her age to an end.

Children

• Rane Topne

Domains

• ancestry

Powers

• shelters the son from the devouring mother

Relations

• spouse: Shoma Wetsa
• parent: Rane Topne

Sources

• Melatti, J. C. 1985. A origem dos brancos no mito de Shoma Wetsa. Anuário Antropológico 84. Brasília: Editora UnB.