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

Sources

Bodding, P.O. (1942). Santal Folk Tales. Oslo.
Troisi, J. (2000). Tribal Religion. Manohar.
Archer, W.G. (1974). The Hill of Flutes. Univ. of Pittsburgh Press.

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