Master of the Flying Canoe
Trobriand · demigod · mythic · Recorded classification
Culture-hero/master-magician of the Kudayuri myth; entered as demigod. Recorded by Malinowski (1922). The flying-canoe and flying-witch (mulukwausi) imagery are explicitly linked in his account.
Domains
- canoe magic
- weather magic
Powers
- makes his canoe rise and fly through the air
- splits the mountain rock so his canoe can soar out
Sources
- Mokatuboda, the elder of the Kudayuri kindred, is the hero of the Trobriand flying-canoe myth: through secret magic he made his kula canoe fly through the air, and his sisters became flying witches who split the rock to launch it.: Malinowski, Bronisław. Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922), the Kudayuri myth (primary)