Tui Delai Gau Explained

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. Book: Hames, Alice Inez. The God of the Summit of Gau. Myths and legends of Fiji and Rotuma. Alexander Wyclif. Reed. Reed. 1967. 58 et seq.
  2. Tui Dela i Gau. The king and people of Fiji. Joseph. Waterhouse. Joseph Waterhouse (minister) . University of Hawaii Press . 1866 . London . Wesleyan Conference Office . 379 - 384.
  3. Tree God. 305. Pacific mythology: an encyclopedia of myth and legend. Jan. Knappert. Aquarian/Thorsons. 1992. 9781855381339.

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