Elder Sorcerer-Builder
Pohnpeian · demigod · mythic age · Recorded classification
Pohnpeian sorcerer-hero, classed as demigod (culture-hero tier). Native term Olisihpa. He and Olosohpa came by canoe from Katau Peidi seeking a site to worship the agriculture/thunder god; Olisihpa died of old age, leaving Olosohpa to found the Saudeleur line.
Domains
- sorcery
- ritual construction
Powers
- lifts and lays the basalt stones by magic
Relations
- sibling: Younger Sorcerer-BuilderBrother sorcerers from Katau Peidi who raised Nan Madol; Olosohpa ruled as first Saudeleur after Olisihpa's death.Luelen Bernart, The Book of Luelen (trans. Riesenberg, Fischer & Whiting, 1977) (primary)
Sources
- Olisihpa and his brother Olosohpa, twin sorcerers from Katau in the west, raised the megalithic city of Nan Madol; Olisihpa, the elder, died of age before the dynasty was founded.: 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)