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Abstract
This paper recounts a parallel story of the Lamòling myth. The original analysis of the legend addressed the relationship between two gods, Lamòling and Lahatàla, from the Abui traditional religion. The myth evolved from ancestral times to the arrival of Christianity in Alor, with the resultant association of the ‘bad’ god as a demon and, finally, as the devil. This paper completes the myth as handed down from traditional ‘owners’ of the narrative and storytellers by telling a parallel version centered around an Abui ‘prophet’, Fanny, who was the only person able to travel to Lamòling Bèaka, ‘the land of the Lamòling gods/servants’. We also focus on a number of sacred objects and rituals associated with this religious myth and on their symbolic meaning for the Abui. This account tells a different version of the killing and eating of an Abui child by these gods/supernatural entities and of how Fanny came upon the gruesome feast. The paradoxical absence of Lamòling in this version of the myth depicts him as an immanent being, pervading and sustaining all that is real and created in nature, existing anywhere and nowhere at the same time.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 211 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-15 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Religions |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Jul 2018 |
Keywords
- Abui
- Alor
- Alor-Pantar Archipelago
- Lamòling
- Oral Legends and Myths
- Traditional Religions
- Toponymy
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Toponymy and Language Shift: Aspects of Language Change in South-East Asia
Cavallaro, F., Kratochvil, F., PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. & KENSINGER, A.
6/01/14 → 31/12/17
Project: Internal Research Project
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Endangered Languages (Le lingue a rischio di estinzione)
Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO (Invited speaker)
2 Dec 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Place-names and Cultural Identity: Toponyms and Their Diachronic Evolution among the Abui People from Alor
Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO (Speaker)
23 Aug 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Owner of the Story, Owner of the Places: Place Names and Oral Tradition in Alor Island
Felicia Xue Ting HOR (Speaker) & Francesco PERONO CACCIAFOCO (Speaker)
26 Aug 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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