Kling

A rice god of Sarawak, one of the principal deities invoked at the beginning of the rice-farming season. His wife is the mother goddess Kumang. Both also aid in prosperity and in war.

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References

Sources

  • Sarawak Gazette. (1963). Borneo Literature Bureau, pp. 14, 174.
  • Howell, William. (1908-1910). [A collection of articles on the Sea Dyak]. Sarawak Gazette, nos. 39-40, p. 9.
  • Roth, Henry Ling. (1968). The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo. Singapore: University of Malaya Press, p. 14, 16, 174.