Indigollae Yaka
Vedda · numen · Vedda traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Indigollae Yaka is among the most powerful of the yaku, able alike to bring evil upon people and to grant success in the hunt. He is chiefly known as the spirit who summons the Nae Yaku, the ancestral dead, to the ceremonies at which they are propitiated; special beads were reserved for his service.
Domains
- the hunt
- ancestral dead
Powers
- summons the Nae Yaku to the ceremony
- brings evil or grants game
Relations
- ally: Nae YakuHe conducts the ancestral Nae Yaku to the ceremonies of their descendants.Seligmann & Seligmann, The Veddas (1911), ch. VII (primary)
Sources
- Indigollae Yaka is extremely powerful both to bring evil upon people and to help them get game, and special beads were kept for him.: Seligmann & Seligmann, The Veddas (1911), ch. VII (primary)
- At nearly all village Vedda communities Indigollae Yaka is said to bring the Nae Yaku.: Seligmann & Seligmann, The Veddas (1911), ch. VII (primary)