Terukken
A sea god of Chuuk. He lives in the shallow island-waters where women usually fish. Women are therefore forbidden to have sex for at least three days before they go fishing. Those breaking this taboo would be punished will illness, especially elephantiasis.
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References
Source
- Krämer, Augustin F. (1932). Truk. Hamburg: Friedrichsen, de Gruyter, p. 319.