Younger Sorcerer-Builder
Pohnpeian · demigod · mythic age · Recorded classification
Pohnpeian sorcerer-hero and dynastic founder, classed as demigod. Native term Olosohpa. The Saudeleur title he established (sau 'lord' + Deleur, the old name of the polity) was overthrown only by the half-divine Isokelekel, son of the thunder-god.
Domains
- sorcery
- kingship
Powers
- founds the first ruling dynasty of Pohnpei
Relations
- sibling: Elder Sorcerer-BuilderReciprocal of pohnpeian_olisihpa.sibling — Brother 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
- Olosohpa, the younger of the two sorcerer-builders of Nan Madol, became the first Saudeleur of Pohnpei.: 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)