Ledo
Rote · numen · Rote traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Ledo, the sun, and Bula, the moon, form the fixed celestial dyad of Rotinese ritual language, named in parallel as Ledo Holo and Bula Kai. The sun governs daylight and the dry season and, with the moon, orders the reckoning of ritual time. In Rotinese thought the luminaries are the manifest face of the Lord of the Sun and Moon rather than independent objects of cult.
Domains
- sun and daylight
- time reckoning
Powers
- brings daylight and the dry season
Epithets
- Ledo Holo — the Sun (ritual pair-name)Fox, J.J. 2016. Master Poets, Ritual Masters. ANU Press. (secondary)
Relations
- companion: BulanSun and moon form the fixed celestial dyad Ledo Holo // Bula Kai of Rotinese ritual language.Fox, J.J. 1988. To Speak in Pairs. Cambridge University Press. (secondary)
Sources
- The sun, Ledo (ritual name Ledo Holo), is personified in Rotinese cosmology and paired with the moon as the fixed celestial dyad.: Fox, J.J. 1988. To Speak in Pairs. Cambridge University Press. (secondary); Fox, J.J. 2016. Master Poets, Ritual Masters. ANU Press. (secondary)