Lord of the Land
Pohnpeian · deity · perennial · Recorded classification
Pohnpeian agriculture-and-thunder deity. Native term Nahnisohn Sahpw (sahpw 'land, soil'); the thunder aspect is Nahnsapwe / Daukatau. Gloss 'Lord of the Land'. The Saudeleur cult centered on him at Nan Madol; his thunder persona fathered Isokelekel, who ended the dynasty.
Children
Domains
- agriculture
- thunder
Powers
- sends the thunder and quickens the soil
Epithets
- Nahnisohn Sahpw The Great Spirit of the Land; lord of agriculture and the soilPohnpeian oral tradition (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: LipahnmeiReciprocal of pohnpeian_lipahnmei.spouse (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)
- ancestor of: Avenger HeroAgriculture-and-thunder deity (Nahnsapwe) fathered the avenger Isokelekel (parentage encoded on Isokelekel's record). Expressed as ancestor since 'parent' is not a relation kind.Hanlon, Upon a Stone Altar: A History of the Island of Pohnpei (1988); Book of Luelen (secondary)
Sources
- Nahnisohn Sahpw, the agriculture deity (and thunder-god Nahnsapwe/Daukatau), was the god for whose worship Olisihpa and Olosohpa sought to build their altar, and the central cult-figure of Nan Madol.: Hambruch, P. (1932-1936). Ponape. Ergebnisse der Südsee-Expedition 1908-1910, II.B.7, Friederichsen, Hamburg (ethnography); Bernart, L. (1977). The Book of Luelen (trans. Fischer, Riesenberg & Whiting). Pacific History Series 8, Australian National University Press, Canberra (ethnography)