Manu Kama
Rote · mortal · Rote traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Manu Kama, named in parallel as Tepa Nilu, is the traveling protagonist of a Rotinese ritual narrative built on the formula of 'Manu Kama's road and Tepa Nilu's path.' The journey along this road is a recurrent formulaic theme in the island's oral poetry, and sources treat the dyadic name as a single wandering figure whose route organizes the telling. The particulars of the tale vary between reciters.
Domains
- journeys and roads
Powers
- journeys along road and path
Epithets
- Manu Kama do Tepa Nilu — Manu Kama and Tepa NiluFox, J.J. 1988. 'Manu Kama's Road, Tepa Nilu's Path.' In To Speak in Pairs, Cambridge University Press. (secondary)
Sources
- Manu Kama, named in parallel as Tepa Nilu, is the traveling protagonist of a Rotinese ritual narrative built on the formula of his road and path.: Fox, J.J. 1988. 'Manu Kama's Road, Tepa Nilu's Path: Theme, Narrative, and Formula in Rotinese Ritual Language.' In To Speak in Pairs, ed. J.J. Fox, Cambridge University Press. (secondary)