In the cosmogonic accounts preserved in Javanese and Sundanese traditions, Antaboga exists alone at the beginning of time. According to those myths, Antaboga meditated and created the world turtle Bedawang (Bedawang Nala), and from that creation all other beings came forth. In Sundanese material (Wawacan Sulanjana tradition reported in secondary sources) Antaboga is further credited with the origin of the rice goddess Dewi Sri: Dewi Sri is said to emerge from an egg formed from tears shed by Antaboga. Javanese and Balinese narratives additionally describe Antaboga as progenitor of named offspring such as the male Bambang Naga Tatmala and the female Dewi Nagagini, situating Antaboga as an ancestral, creative serpentine figure within regional mythic genealogies.
Textual and visual sources depict Antaboga as a crowned serpent or dragon-serpent figure. In Javanese art Antaboga commonly appears as a crowned serpent motif used in ornamentation and ritual objects—found on gongs, keris hilts or blades, temple doors and stair railings—where the serpent/dragon form functions as a symbolic emblem rather than a detailed naturalistic portrait. Some accounts note a possible ethnobiological root in local veneration of Javan dragon-snake forms, but descriptions in available sources are limited to the crowned serpentine/dragon imagery used across Javanese and Balinese material culture.
Mythic attributions emphasize Antaboga's creative and procreative powers rather than hostile or demonic behavior. The primary supernatural action recorded in sources is meditation that effects cosmogony—Antaboga meditates and creates the world turtle Bedawang, from which further creation issues. Antaboga is also described as progenitor: in Javanese/Balinese accounts it begets offspring (Bambang Naga Tatmala and Dewi Nagagini), and in Sundanese tradition it is the source of Dewi Sri (the rice goddess), who is said to have been born from an egg formed by Antaboga's tears. Antaboga is furthermore syncretized in some contexts with the pan-Indic naga Sheshanaga, indicating a role as a foundational serpent-deity assimilated into wider Hindu-derived cosmologies. Sources do not describe malicious, trickster, or possession behaviors; emphasis is on creation, fertility, and symbolic presence.
*Péh₂usōn (reconstructed)
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Abhimanyu
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Achyuta
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Acintya
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Adi (asura)
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Adi Shakti
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Adi Vinayaka
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Aditi
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Agastya
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Aghasura
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Agiya Baital
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Agneya / Āgneyī
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