To-Karvuvu
deity Melanesian single tradition · 1
To-Karvuvu 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-Kabinana, To-Rabinana
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In the neighboring island of New Britain, one account gives a similar origin for the two brothers To-Rabinana and To-Karvuvu: An old woman was wading in the sea searching for shellfish; her arms pained her, and so, taking two sharp strips of pandanus, she scratched and cut first one arm and then the other.”
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