Rangkopa
Melpa · mortal · Melpa traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Rangkopa, also Ranggoba or Rangapa and named in one tale as Morokla Rakop, is the bride courted by Weipa in the older recorded versions of the Hagen romance. In Vicedom's telling she is killed during the return journey to her husband's home, setting in motion the revenge that closes the story. Sources regard her as a regional naming of the same heroine celebrated as Ambra Rangmba.
Domains
- courtship
Powers
- inspire the hero's devotion and revenge
Relations
- lover: WeipaCourted and won by Weipa; killed on the journey to his home.Vicedom, G. F. (1977). Myths and Legends from Mount Hagen. Port Moresby: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. (primary)
Sources
- Rangkopa (Ranggoba, Rangapa), named in one tale as Morokla Rakop, is the bride courted by Weipa in the older recorded versions of the Hagen romance.: Vicedom, G. F. (1977). Myths and Legends from Mount Hagen. Port Moresby: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. (primary); 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)
- In Vicedom's telling she is killed during the return journey, setting in motion the revenge that closes the story; scholars regard her as a regional naming of Ambra Rangmba.: 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)