Supreme Sun-Creator
Santal · deity · primordial / creation time (Hihiri Pipiri) · Recorded classification
Pan-Munda high god; Sing Bonga = sun-god (Santali siṅ 'sun' + boṅga 'deity').
Domains
- creation
- sun
Powers
- fashions the first human pair from a bird's eggs
- preserves and orders the created world
- breathes the life-force (jiu) into the first human pair
Epithets
- Thakur Jiu The Lord of Life; the sun and creator-god who fashioned the first beingsP. O. Bodding, Santal folk tales (secondary)
Sources
- Thakur Jiu (Sing Bonga, the sun) is the supreme creator deity of the Santals.: Troisi, J. (2000). Tribal Religion. Manohar. (scholarship); Bodding, P.O. (1942). Santal Folk Tales. Oslo. (scholarship)