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Fijian mythology refers to the set of beliefs practiced by the indigenous people of the island of Fiji.. Their indigenous religion, like many others around the world, is based on cyclic existence where their ancestors and the environment exist in a dynamic cycle through experience, history and one with nature.
Pages in category "Fijian mythology" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In one creation myth, the god was planning inland to conquer Kadavu Island [5] through the river when a goddess [6] challenged him in the form of an octopus. [7] After a great battle, the octopus won by pulling out his teeth with her eight arms which enabled her to hold off the massive attack of Dakuwaqa, forcing Dakuwaqa to promise to never attack Kadavu again.
In pre-Christian Fijian mythology, Murimuria is part of the underworld.According to Fijian religion, after a man dies, his soul is brought over a stretch of water by a ferryman, and has to face many dangers on the other side by going through the Path of the Souls (Sala Ni Yalo). [1]
Some anthropologists believe there is an association between Pulotu and Burotu, the term for the paradise underworld in the Fijian religion. This is because of the different pronunciations within Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji. Burotu in Fiji was the Burotukula (Spiritual island), which, according to Fiji's religion, is near Matuku in the Lau Islands.
In Fijian mythology , Daucina ("torchbearer") is the great god of seafaring Fiji. When Daucina was a toddler, he was only quiet when looking at a lamp. His mother tied fiery reeds to his head so that he would be calm. He has roamed the coral reefs with a hood on ever since. [1]
Adi-mailagu is a Polynesian sky goddess of the Fijian people.. In Fijian mythology, Adi-mailagu is known as the "Lady of the Sky" or the "Goddess of the Sky". [1] [2] She was said to have come to earth in the form of a grey rat, descending from the sky and plunging into a river after being forced out of the heavens by Tuilakemba.