Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Abeguwo" | Melanesia / New Guinea | Rain goddess whose urine turns to moisture. Melanesia / New Guinea |
Goddess name "Aebhel Afekan" | Melanesia / New Guinea | The creator goddess |
Goddess name "Afekan" | Melanesia / New Guinea | Creator goddess. Melanesia / New Guinea |
God name "Gainji" | New Guinea | Creator god of the Papuan Keraki people. New Guinea. |
"Hainuwele" | Indonesia | 'The Coconut Girl' who, when she "answered the call of nature" excreted valuable items. She was killed and buried by villagers but her boyfriend exhumed the corpse and cut it into pieces which he then re-buried around the village. These pieces grew into the various tuberous plants, giving origin to the principle foods the people of Indonesia have enjoyed ever since. Seram, New Guinea |
God name "Harisu" | New Guinea | The benevolent and invisible great god who is the source of all good. New Guinea |
God name "Hiovaki" | New Guinea | A sky god and the god. New Guinea |
Demon name "Honoyeta" | New Guinea | An enormous snake demon who brought mortality to human beings. Papua New Guinea |
Goddess name "Jugumishanta" | New Guinea | Creator goddess and Mother of earth. New Guinea |
Demon name "Kaiamunu" | New Guinea | demon who plays a large part in initiation ceremony for boys Papua New Guinea |
God name "Marunogere Kiwi-Papua" | New Guinea | A very popular fellow, he taught people to make their houses but most importantly he created the sexual parts of women, but not claimed to be a god |
"Ualare" | New Guinea | The name for ancestors, ualare is that by which all sacred objects are designated. Certain animals are ualare, and as these were never injured or eaten. The Elema, Papuan Gulf, New Guinea |
"Ugatame" | New Guinea | The omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent creator. New Guinea |
God name "Wonekau" | New Guinea | The all-seeing and all-hearing supreme celestial god. New Guinea |