In the
mythology
Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narra ...
of
Fiji, Ratumaibulu is a
god
In monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. Swinburne, R.G. "God" in Honderich, Ted. (ed)''The Oxford Companion to Philosophy'', Oxford University Press, 1995. God is typically ...
of great importance who presides over
agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...
. In the month called ''Vula-i-Ratumaibulu'', he comes from
Bulu, the world of spirits, to make the
breadfruit and other fruit trees blossom and yield fruit.
[''The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada'', 1907, pages 153, 372] He is said to be a
snake
Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more j ...
god.
See also
*
Nabagatai
Notes
References
*''The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada'', 1907.
*Freese, John, ''The Philosophy of the Immortality of the Soul and the Resurrection of the Human Body''. Facsimile reprint of 1864 edition. Kessinger Publishing, 2005, {{ISBN, 1-4179-7234-3.
*T. Williams, J. Calvert, ''Fiji and the Fijians'', Heylin, 1858.
Agricultural gods
Fertility gods
Fijian deities
Snake gods