Almighty Will
Sundanese · deity · primordial / pre creation · Recorded classification
Highest tier of the Sundanese pantheon. Sex 'none' (formless, unseen). Names per the Sanghyang Siksakanda ng Karesian and Baduy oral tradition.
Children
Domains
- supreme godhead
- destiny and fate
Powers
- wills the universe and the lesser gods into being
- upholds the three-layered cosmos through sacred custom
Epithets
- Sang Hyang Kersa The Almighty Will; the supreme, invisible god of Sunda Wiwitan from whom all proceedsSundanese Wiwitan tradition; the Carita Parahyangan (secondary)
- Batara Tunggal the Single/Sole LordBaduy (Kanekes) Sunda Wiwitan tradition (secondary)
Relations
- ancestor of: Noble Mother GoddessThe formless highest principle (Almighty Will) from whom Sunan Ambu the mother-goddess is emanated as daughter; Sunan Ambu already lists Sang Hyang Kersa as parent.Sanghyang Siksakanda ng Karesian (1518); Wessing, 'A Princess from Sunda' (1993) (secondary)
Sources
- Sang Hyang Kersa (Batara Tunggal/Batara Seda Niskala) is the supreme, invisible creator-god of the Sundanese Sunda Wiwitan religion, source of the other gods and of cosmic order, especially central to the Baduy.: Ekadjati, Edi S. (1995). Kebudayaan Sunda: Suatu Pendekatan Sejarah. Jakarta: Pustaka Jaya. (secondary); Wessing, Robert (1977). 'The Position of the Baduj in the Larger West Javanese Society,' Man (N.S.) 12(2): 293-303. (secondary)