Manoid

Female deity. Kinship to Karei/Ta Pedn is band-variable — 'grandmother' (Yak = grandmother/old woman) in Schebesta's genealogical telling, 'wife of Karei' (Manoij) in other Semang material. Associated with the earth, fruitfulness, the world-pillar, and the rising of subterranean waters. Latin transcription.

Domains

• earth and the world pillar
• fruit and plant fertility

Powers

• cast down fruit to make the earth fruitful
• guard the root of the heaven-supporting pillar

Relations

• spouse: Thunder

Sources

• Paul Schebesta, Die Negrito Asiens, vol. II.1: Religion und Mythologie, 1957