Dunne Yakini
Vedda · numen · Vedda traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Dunne Yakini is the spirit of a Vedda woman who, when a charging boar could not be brought down by any of the men gathering yams, took up a bow and killed it with the help of her husband. Deified after death, she is invoked in the Bambura Yaka ceremony, where she and her husband's family attend upon the yam-spirit.
Domains
- wild boar
Powers
- slew the charging boar with the bow
Relations
- spouse: Ule YakaHer husband, who helped her kill the boar.Seligmann & Seligmann, The Veddas (1911), ch. IX (primary)
- companion: Bambura YakaAttendant of Bam̆bura Yaka in his ceremony.Seligmann & Seligmann, The Veddas (1911), ch. IX (primary)
Sources
- Dunne Yakini is the deified spirit of a Vedda woman who killed a charging boar with a bow when the men could not, aided by her husband.: Seligmann & Seligmann, The Veddas (1911), ch. IX (primary)