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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] |
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] |
Gilbertese Language
Gilbertese or taetae ni Kiribati, also Kiribati (sometimes ''Kiribatese''), is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Kiribati. It belongs to the Micronesian branch of the Oceanic languages. The word ''Kiribati'', the current name of the islands, is the local adaptation of the previous European name "Gilberts" to Gilbertese phonology. Early European visitors, including Commodore John Byron, whose ships happened on Nikunau in 1765, had named some of the islands the Kingsmill or Kings Mill Islands or for the Northern group ''les îles Mulgrave'' in French but in 1820 they were renamed, in French, ''les îles Gilbert'' by Admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern, after Captain Thomas Gilbert, who, along with Captain John Marshall, had passed through some of these islands in 1788. Frequenting of the islands by Europeans, Americans and Chinese dates from whaling and oil trading from the 1820s, when no doubt Europeans learnt to speak it, as Gilbertese learnt to speak English and oth ... [...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] |
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] |
Nei Marena
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] |
Na Kika
NA, N.A., Na, nA or n/a may refer to: Chemistry and physics * Sodium, symbol Na, a chemical element * Avogadro constant (''N''A) * Nucleophilic addition, a type of reaction in organic chemistry * Numerical aperture, a number that characterizes a range of angles in an optical system * nA, the symbol for nanoampere * Naturally aspirated engine Biology and medicine * Na (tree) or ''Mesua ferrea'', a species of tree native to Sri Lanka * Neuroacanthocytosis, a neurological condition * ''Nomina Anatomica'', a former international standard for human anatomical nomenclature * Noradrenaline, a hormone * Nucleic acid analogue, compounds analogous to naturally occurring RNA and DNA Places Current * Namibia (ISO country code) * Naples (car number plate code: NA), Italy * North America, a continent * North Africa, a subcontinent Historical * Netherlands Antilles (former international vehicle registration code: NA) * Na (Chinese state), a small state of the Chinese Zhou dynasty from the 11t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruki (mythology)
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Ruki may refer to: *Ruki sound law, a phonological law in some Indo-European branches *Ruki, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran *Ruki River, a tributary of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo *Loki dialect or Ruki, a language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo In popular culture *Ruki, vocalist from the Japanese rock band the GazettE *Rika Nonaka, a Digimon Tamers character *Ruki, a type of Neopet See also *Rookie A rookie is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a ''rookie'' is a professional athlete in their first season (or year). In contrast with a veteran who has experience and expertise, a rookie is usually inexperienced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiribati Mythology
Micronesian mythology comprises the traditional belief systems of the people of Micronesia. There is no single belief system in the islands of Micronesia, as each island region has its own mythological beings. Region Micronesia is a region in the southwest Pacific Ocean in a region known as Oceania. There are several island groups including the Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands, and Gilbert Islands. Traditional beliefs declined and changed with the arrival of Europeans, which occurred increasingly after the 1520s. In addition, the contact with European cultures led to changes in local myths and legends. Federated States of Micronesia mythology Anagumang was a (probably legendary) Yapese navigator who led an expedition in rafts and canoes five or six hundred years ago. On this expedition he discovered the islands of Palau, where he and his men first saw limestone. Anulap is a god of magic and knowledge in Truk Islands mythology an island group between Yap and P ... [...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] |
