Hainuwele
| Hainuwele | |
|---|---|
Dewa yang menciptakan tumbuhan sayur-sayuran utama | |
 Hainuwele memberaki barang-barang berharga. | |
| Afiliasi | Mitos asal usul, Phosop |
| Kediaman | Seram |
| Simbol | Bunga kelapa |
| Kendaraan | none |
| Orang tua | Ameta (ayah) |
Hainuwele, "Gadis Kelapa", adalah sebuah figur dari cerita rakyat Wemale dan Alune dari pulau Seram di Kepulauan Maluku, Indonesia. Ceritanya adalah mitos asal usul.[1]
Referensi
Bacaan tambahan
- Darlington, Beth The Myth of Hainuwele: Metamorphosis of a Maiden Goddess, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 1991
- Eliade, Mircea. Myth and Reality. 1963.
- Jensen, Adolf E., Myth and Cult among Primitive Peoples, translated by Marianna Tax Choldin and Wolfgang Weissleder (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963).
- Prager, Michael "Half-Men, Tricksters and Dismembered Maidens: The Cosmological Transformation of Body and Society in Wemale Mythology", École des hautes études, No. 174, (April–June 2005), pp. 103–124. JSTOR 40661536.