Uyungsum (the Sun-Sonum)

The Sun-sonum (Uyungsum) is among the most important Sora deities, the all-seeing witness invoked in oaths and honoured with buffalo sacrifice.

Domains

• the sun

Powers

• to look upon and witness all human deeds

Sources

• Piers Vitebsky, Dialogues with the Dead: The Discussion of Mortality among the Sora of Eastern India (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993).
• Verrier Elwin, The Religion of an Indian Tribe (London: Oxford University Press, 1955).