Lord of the Land

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

• Avenger Hero

Domains

• agriculture
• thunder

Powers

• sends the thunder and quickens the soil

Epithets

• Nahnisohn Sahpw

Relations

• spouse: Lipahnmei
• ancestor of: Avenger Hero

Sources

• Hambruch, P. (1932-1936). Ponape. Ergebnisse der Südsee-Expedition 1908-1910, II.B.7, Friederichsen, Hamburg
• Bernart, L. (1977). The Book of Luelen (trans. Fischer, Riesenberg & Whiting). Pacific History Series 8, Australian National University Press, Canberra