Ambra Rangmba
Melpa · mortal · Melpa traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Ambra Rangmba is the heroine courted and won by Miti Krai in the most celebrated Hagen kang rom tale. Her name evokes rangmba, 'she will pluck or harvest'. Marrying for love against her kin, she embodies, together with Miti Krai, both the ideal and the danger of self-chosen marriage. She recurs across the Hagen region under other names, including Rangkopa, Ranggoba and Morokla Rakop, and sources treat these as versions of a single archetypal figure.
Domains
- courtship
- romantic love
Powers
- marry for love against the will of kin
Epithets
- Ambra Rangmba — Rangmba of Ambra, 'she will harvest'Rumsey, A. (2011). 'Style, Plot and Character in Tom Yaya Tales from Ku Waru.' In Sung Tales from the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Canberra: ANU E Press. (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: Miti KraiCourted and won by Miti Krai in the most celebrated Hagen romance.Rumsey, A. (2011). 'Style, Plot and Character in Tom Yaya Tales from Ku Waru.' In Sung Tales from the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Canberra: ANU E Press. (secondary)
Sources
- Ambra Rangmba is the heroine courted and won by Miti Krai in the most celebrated Hagen kang rom tale, her name evoking rangmba, 'she will pluck or harvest'.: Rumsey, A. (2011). 'Style, Plot and Character in Tom Yaya Tales from Ku Waru.' In A. Rumsey & D. Niles (eds.), Sung Tales from the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Canberra: ANU E Press. (secondary)
- She recurs across the Hagen area under other names, including Rangkopa, Ranggoba and Morokla Rakop, treated by scholars as versions of a single archetypal heroine.: Rumsey, A. (2011). 'Style, Plot and Character in Tom Yaya Tales from Ku Waru.' In Sung Tales from the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Canberra: ANU E Press. (secondary)