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Na Atibu
Na Atibu is a god in the mythology of the Gilbert Islands. The spider god Nareau created Na Atibu and his female counterpart Nei Teukez out of sand and water. A sacred tree called ''kai-n-tiku-aba'' grew from Na Atibu's spine, and men and women grew from the tree like fruits. One man, Kouri-aba, shook the tree in anger, causing all the people to fall to earth and become scattered. Na Atibu and Nei Teukez gave birth to several gods, one of which was Nareau the younger. Na Abitu allowed Nareau to kill him and tear him apart so that his body parts could be used to create the world. His right eye became the sun, his left eye the moon, his brains became the stars, and his bones and flesh became the islands and trees. See also * Ymir, subject of a similar myth in Norse mythology References Micronesian deities Creator gods [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Islands
The Gilbert Islands ( gil, Tungaru;Reilly Ridgell. ''Pacific Nations and Territories: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.'' 3rd. Ed. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1995. p. 95. formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill IslandsVery often, this name applied only to the southern islands of the archipelago, the northern half being designated as the Scarborough Islands. ''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary''. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam Webster, 1997. p. 594) are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Papua New Guinea and Hawaii. They constitute the main part of the nation of Kiribati (the name of which is a rendering of “Gilberts” in the phonology of the indigenous Gilbertese). Geography The atolls and islands of the Gilbert Islands are arranged in an approximate north-to-south line. The northernmost island in the group, Makin, it is approximately from southernmost, Arorae, as the crow flies. Geographically, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nareau
Nareau (Gilbertese language, Gilbertese: "spider lord") is the creator deity in the mythology of the Gilbert Islands. From sand and water, Nareau created two primeval beings, Na Atibu and Nei Teukez. Together they brought forth several deities: Te Ikawai, Nei Marena, Te Nao (the wave), Na Kika (the octopus), and Ruki (mythology), Ruki (the eel). Eventually, Na Atibu was torn apart and his body parts became the world. Either Naraeu himself or a younger god with the same name created the sun and moon from Na Atibu's eyes, the stars from his brains, and the land from his bones and flesh. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nei Teukez
Nei or NEI may refer to: *Nei, Iran, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran *Nei, a character in the ''Phantasy Star II'' roleplaying game *Nutrition and Education International *Nuclear Energy Institute, American nuclear industry lobbying group *National Eye Institute, one of the US Institutes of Health *Netherlands East-Indies, also known as the Dutch East Indies *Northern Engineering Industries, a defunct British engineering firm *Noise-equivalent irradiance, in astronomy People with the name Nei *Iivo Nei (born 1931), Estonian chess champion *Masatoshi Nei (born 1931), Japanese population geneticist *Nei Kato Japanese engineer *Nei (footballer born 1980), born ''Claudinei Alexandre Aparecido'', Brazilian football striker *Nei (footballer born 1985), born ''Claudinei Cardoso Félix Silva'', Brazilian football right-back *Nei (footballer, born 1991), born ''Jozinei João Machado Rodriguez'', Brazilian football attacking midfielder See also *Nai (other) *Neigh (disambigua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ymir
In Norse mythology, Ymir (, ), also called Aurgelmir, Brimir, or Bláinn, is the ancestor of all jötnar. Ymir is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material, in the ''Prose Edda'', written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, and in the poetry of skalds. Taken together, several stanzas from four poems collected in the ''Poetic Edda'' refer to Ymir as a primeval being who was born from Eitr, yeasty venom that dripped from the icy rivers called the Élivágar, and lived in the grassless void of Ginnungagap. Ymir gave birth to a male and female from his armpits, and his legs together begat a six-headed being. The grandsons of Búri, the gods Odin, Vili and Vé, fashioned the Earth (elsewhere personified as a goddess, Jörð) from his flesh, from his blood the ocean, from his bones the mountains, from his hair the trees, from his brains the clouds, from his skull the heavens, and from his eyebrows the middle realm in whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micronesian Deities
Micronesian describes something of, from, or related to Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania composed of hundreds of small islands in the Pacific Ocean. Micronesian may refer to: People and society * Micronesian people, people from the general region of Micronesia * Micronesian citizen, a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia, an independent sovereign island nation ** Micronesian passport, issued by the Federated States of Micronesia * Micronesian Americans, Americans descended from people of the Federated States of Micronesia * Micronesian Japanese, people from Japan who settled in Micronesia in the first half of the 20th century * Micronesian mythology, the traditional belief systems of the people of Micronesia * Micronesian languages, twenty languages forming a family of Oceanic languages * Micronesian Pidgin English, an English-based pidgin language spoken in nineteenth-century Micronesia Biology * Micronesian imperial pigeon, a species of bird in the family Columb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creator Gods
Creator is something or someone who brings something into being. Books and comics * Creators (comics), characters in the Marvel Comics universe * Creators (Guyver), characters in the manga ''Bio Booster Armor Guyver'' * The Creator (novelette), a science fiction novelette by Clifford D. Simak * ''The Creator'' (poetry collection), a 2000 poetry collection by Dejan Stojanović * ''The Creators'', a 1992 book by Daniel Boorstin Film * '' Creator'', a 1985 film starring Peter O'Toole, Vincent Spano, Mariel Hemingway, and Virginia Madsen Television * A television program creator develops the characters, concept, and format for a television show. Music * ''Creator'' (album), a 1988 album by The Lemonheads * "Creator" (song), a 2008 song by Santigold * Kreator, a German thrash metal band Religion * Creator deity, a deity responsible for the creation of the Earth, world, and universe * Great Spirit, or similar deity in Native American religions is often known as "The Creator" * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Origin Myths
An origin myth is a myth that describes the origin of some feature of the natural or social world. One type of origin myth is the creation or cosmogonic myth, a story that describes the creation of the world. However, many cultures have stories set in a time after a first origin - such stories aim to account for the beginnings of natural phenomena or of human institutions within a preexisting universe. In Graeco-Roman scholarship, the terms etiological myth and ''aition'' (from the Ancient Greek αἴτιον, "cause") are sometimes used for a myth that explains an origin, particularly how an object or custom came into existence. Nature of origin myths Every origin myth is a tale of creation: origin myths describe how some reality came into existence.Eliade, p. 21 In many cases, origin myths also justify the established order by explaining that it was established by sacred forces (see section on "Social function" below). The distinction between cosmogonic myths and origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
