Munsumundok

A creator goddess, wife and sister of Kinharingan. They emerged from a rock in the sea. After they had received earth from the god Bisagit, Kinharingan created the Dusuns and Munsumundok created the sky. Together they also created the celestial bodies. Since there was no food, they were forced to kill one of their daughters. They cut her into small pieces and planted them in the earth, from which all plants and animals grew. Cp. Nunsumnundok.

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  • Evans, Ivor H. N. (1923). Studies in Religion, Folklore, and Custom in British North Borneo and the Malay Peninsula. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 5.
  • MacKenzie, Donald A. (1930). Myths from Melanesia and Indonesia. London: Gresham, pp 336-337.