Tui Delai Gau

In Fijian mythology,[1] Tui Delai Gau is the god of mountains[2] who can remove his hands and have them fish for him. He can also take off his head and put it in the sky as a look-out. He lives in a tree.[3]

Sources

  1. Hames, Alice Inez (1967). "The God of the Summit of Gau". In Reed, Alexander Wyclif. Myths and legends of Fiji and Rotuma. Reed. pp. 58 et seq.
  2. Waterhouse, Joseph (1866). "Tui Dela i Gau". The king and people of Fiji. London: University of Hawaii Press. Wesleyan Conference Office. pp. 379384.
  3. Knappert, Jan (1992). "Tree God". Pacific mythology: an encyclopaedia of myth and legend. Aquarian/Thorsons. p. 305. ISBN 9781855381339.

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