Hiovaki

A creator god, as well as a god of the sky and of war. He descended from the sky, felled a coco-nut and from its wood he shaded "men and women in abundance" and built a house for them. He receives in his home in the sky those warriors who die in battle.

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References

Sources

  • Holmes, Rev. J. (1902). "Notes on the Religious Ideas of the Elema Tribe of the Papuan Gulf." JRAI 32:426-431, p. 248.
  • MacKenzie, Donald A. (1930). Myths from Melanesia and Indonesia. London: Gresham, p. 291.
  • Wallis, Wilson D. (1939). Religion in Primitive Society. New York: F. S. Crofts, p. 241.