Kuda Ule Yaka
Vedda · numen · Vedda traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Kuda Ule Yaka, the Little Yam-stick Spirit, is the brother of Ule Yaka. With his brother and sister-in-law Dunne Yakini he is invoked as an attendant of Bambura Yaka in the boar-hunt ceremony held to protect the yam-grounds.
Domains
- yams and tubers
Powers
- attends the boar-hunt ceremony
Relations
- sibling: Ule YakaHis elder brother.Seligmann & Seligmann, The Veddas (1911), ch. IX (primary)
- companion: Bambura YakaSeligmann & Seligmann, The Veddas (1911), ch. IX (primary)
Sources
- Kuda Ule Yaka, the Little Yam-stick Spirit, is the brother of Ule Yaka and, with him and Dunne Yakini, an attendant of Bam̆bura Yaka.: Seligmann & Seligmann, The Veddas (1911), ch. IX (primary)