Southern Hero

Male ancestral hero (howenh); classed as demigod. One of the most important first-age beings alongside Kénos and the shaman-ancestor Čénuke. Documented by Gusinde and Chapman.

Domains

• death and mortality
• culture heroism

Powers

• make death permanent among people

Sources

• Gusinde, Martin. Die Feuerland-Indianer, Band I: Die Selk'nam, 1931.
• Chapman, Anne. Drama and Power in a Hunting Society, 1982.