Lalehan
Tetum · numen · Tetum traditional religion; continuing · numen
Lalehan is the sky or heaven, the masculine celestial expanse paired with the female earth in the Tetum ritual dyad rai–lalehan, 'earth and sky', that names the cosmic totality. As the overarching firmament it is the source of rain and the abode of the celestial powers, and it stands as the active, outward, masculine complement to the inward, generative female earth. Sources vary on how far Lalehan is personified as an individual being as opposed to the celestial realm itself, and it is closely associated with the supreme divinity Maromak, who is said to preside from the sky.
Domains
- sky and firmament
- rain and the celestial
Powers
- overarch the earth as the firmament
- send rain upon the earth
Epithets
- Rai no Lalehan
Relations
- spouse: Rai Feto