First Man
Santal · mortal · primordial first generation (Hihiri Pipiri) · Recorded classification
Santali pilcu haṛam = 'old man'. Mortal first ancestor.
Domains
- ancestry
Powers
- fathers the seven sons who found the Santal clans
Relations
- spouse: First WomanThe first man and first woman, hatched from the two eggs of the Has-Hasil geese at Hihiri Pipiri.Skrefsrud, Horkoren Mare Hapramko reak' Katha (1887; trans. Bodding, Traditions and Institutions of the Santals, 1942) (primary)
Sources
- Pilcu Haram is the first man in Santal cosmogony, hatched at Hihiri-Pipiri, taught rice-beer by Maran Buru, and ancestor of the clans.: Bodding, P.O. (1942). Santal Folk Tales. Oslo. (scholarship); Troisi, J. (2000). Tribal Religion. Manohar. (scholarship)