Master of the Flying Canoe

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

• Malinowski, Bronisław. Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922), the Kudayuri myth