Old Lord of the Heavens

In some genealogies Puang Matua is grandson of a yet-higher sky principle (Gauntikembong); recorded here as the operative high/creator god of Aluk To Dolo. No native script (Toraja is unwritten/Latin).

Children

• First-Forged Ancestor of Humankind

Domains

• creator and sky lord
• sacred law

Powers

• forges the ancestors of humans, creatures and crops in his sky-smithy
• gives the Toraja their ritual law and customs
• forges the first ancestors of humans, creatures and crops in his sky-smithy
• hands down the ritual law (aluk) and customs to the first humans

Epithets

• Puang Matua
• deata dao tangana langi'

Relations

• ancestor of: First-Forged Ancestor of Humankind

Sources

• Nooy-Palm, Hetty (1979). The Sa'dan-Toraja: A Study of Their Social Life and Religion, Vol. I. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.
• Encyclopedia.com, 'Toraja Religion' (Encyclopedia of Religion), consulted 2026.