To-Kabinana
deity Melanesian single tradition · 1
To-Kabinana is one of two culture hero brothers who fished dry land from the bottom of the sea. This myth is found among the coastal tribes of the Gazelle Peninsula in New Britain. The same story in slightly greater detail is found also in the southern New Hebrides.
Relationships
- sibling of
- To-Karvuvu
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Another myth from New Britain describes a being drawing two male figures upon the ground, sprinkling the drawings with his own blood, and covering them over with leaves, the result being that they came to life as two men, To-Kabinana and To-Karvuvu. To-Kabinana then climbed a coconut-tree, and picking two unripe coconuts, threw them to the ground, where they burst and changed into two women, whom he took as his wives.”
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