Metileru

A sea demon who carries off the souls of the ill in his canoe of flames when the winds come from the east. These souls may be rescued by invoking the deity Tagi.

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References

Source

  • Burrows, Edwin G. (1949). The People of Ifalik: A Little-Disturbed Atoll Culture. Unpublished manuscript. Washington, D.C.: Coordinated Investigation of Micronesian Anthropology, Pacific Science Board, National Research Council, p. 13.