Uyungsum (the Sun-Sonum)
Sora · numen · Sora traditional religion; continuing · numen
The Sun-sonum (Uyungsum) is among the most important Sora deities, the all-seeing witness invoked in oaths and honoured with buffalo sacrifice.
Domains
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).
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