Gods, avatars and forms
Lingo
Pahandi Kupar Lingo · Pari Kupar Lingo
The culture hero and first priest of the Gonds, who freed the Gond gods from the cave where Mahadeo had sealed them…
Bhagavan (Baiga)
The high god of the Baiga tellings Elwin collected, who sends for Nanga Baiga to fix the earth; the name is the Hindi…
Bhagwan (Bhil)
The supreme deity of the Bhils as documented by Wilhelm Koppers, who in the flood tale makes the earth and the first…
Marang Buru
Great Mountain
'Great mountain', the Santal deity closest to people and leader of the bongas (spirits), invoked in the sacred grove.
Persa Pen
Bara Deo · Great God
The 'great god' of the Gond clans, established as an object of worship by Lingo after the gods were freed from the cave.
Singbonga
Sing Bonga · Sun God
The sun god and creator of Munda and Ho tradition, who brooded over the first waters, sent creatures diving for clay…
Thakur Jiu
Thakur · Marang Buru (leader of the bongas, distinct)
The creator in Santal tradition, who made the first water-birds over the primal ocean and, through their eggs, the…