Great Mountain God
Santal · deity · creation time onward · deity
Santali maraṅ 'great' + buru 'mountain'. The alternate persona Lita is the rice-beer teacher.
Domains
- mountains
- rain and weather
Powers
- teaches the first pair to brew rice-beer
- requires the first libation of rice-beer at his invocation
- is invoked as the great mountain, cause of all causes
Epithets
- Marang Buru
Relations
- mentor: First Man
- mentor: First Woman