Mungangana

A sky spirit and culture hero. He lived originally on earth among men, taught them all they know regarding their material and cultural needs — how to make nets, implements, canoes, and weapons — and withdrew to the heavens. He manifests his will through the aurora borealis. His adopted son Tundun was the ancestor of the Kurnei tribe.

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References

Sources

  • Eliade, Mircea. (1958). Patterns in Comparative Religion, trans. Rosemary Sheed. New York: Meridan. (Translation of Trait d'histoire des religions, p. 42.
  • Eliade, Mircea. (1976). Myths, Rites, and Symbols. 2 vols. ed. Wendell C. Beane and William G. Doty. New York: Harper Colophon, p. 2:356.
  • Sykes, Egerton. (2002). Who's Who in Non-Classical Mythology. London: Routledge.