Pinakurs
Toda · deity · Toda traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Pinakurs, recorded by Rivers as Pinârkûrs, is the divine wife of On. In the Toda creation account she goes with On to the Kundah hills, where they set an iron bar from one end to the other; standing at the far end, Pinakurs draws the ordinary buffalo out of the earth while On draws forth the sacred buffalo. She thus shares directly in the originating act by which the Toda received their herds, and is remembered chiefly as the consort of the lord of the dead.
Domains
- creation
- buffalo herd
Powers
- to draw the ordinary buffalo herd up out of the earth
Relations
- spouse: OnPinakurs is the wife of On; she accompanied him to the Kundahs at the creation of the buffalo and drew forth the ordinary herd as he drew forth the sacred one.W. H. R. Rivers, The Todas (Macmillan, 1906) (secondary)
Sources
- Pinakurs (Pinârkûrs) is the consort of the creator-god On, who at the Kundah hills drew the ordinary buffalo herd from the earth while On drew the sacred buffalo.: W. H. R. Rivers, The Todas (Macmillan, 1906) (secondary); Anthony R. Walker, The Toda of South India: A New Look (Hindustan Publishing, 1986) (secondary)