The Lady of the South Seas
History Made Beautiful
English - September 16, 2021 06:19 - 15 minutes - 5.29 MBHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Nyai Roro Kidul is a well-known figure in Javanese mythology who is still venerated by the Javanese today as the spirit queen of the Indian Ocean. Living in her palace on the bottom of the ocean off the south coast of Central Java, she rules the ocean, the spirits, nymphs, and other beings from the underworld.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://martinifisher.com/2021/09/16/nyai-roro-kidul-the-lady-of-the-south-seas/