Lord of the Broad Plain
Toraja · deity · primordial / creation · Recorded classification
Middle of the three cosmic gods: Gaun Tikembong (sky) / Pong Banggai di Rante (earth) / Pong Tulak Padang (underworld).
Domains
- earth and the plains
- agriculture and human life
Powers
- regulates everything on the earth's surface and human life
Epithets
- Pong Banggai di Rante Lord of the Broad PlainHetty Nooy-Palm, The Sa'dan-Toraja: A Study of Their Social Life and Religion (1979) (secondary)
Relations
- companion: Lord Who Supports the EarthTwo of the Titanan Tallu, the cosmic triad: lord of the broad earth-plain and the lord who bears the earth from below.Hetty Nooy-Palm, The Sa'dan-Toraja: A Study of Their Social Life and Religion (1979) (secondary)
Sources
- Pong Banggai di Rante is the Toraja earth-god, one of the three primordial deities (Titanan Tallu), who orders the surface of the earth, agriculture and human life.: Nooy-Palm, Hetty (1979). The Sa'dan-Toraja, Vol. I. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. (secondary); Encyclopedia.com, 'Toraja Religion' (Encyclopedia of Religion), consulted 2026. (secondary)