Kingfisher

Animal-ancestor culture-hero (a fire-bringer of the 'animal-people' generation, addressed with the honorific 'Maia,' Sir). Classed as demigod under the schema's instruction to map culture-heroes to deity/demigod; given demigod for an ancestor-tier transformer hero rather than a cosmic creator. The fire-theft underlies the Andamanese 'cooked world.' Names are Latin transcriptions.

Domains

• origin of fire
• culture hero trickery

Powers

• steal fire from the creator and bring it to the ancestors
• Steals fire from the sleeping creator and brings it to the ancestors

Relations

• enemy: Biliku

Sources

• A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, The Andaman Islanders, Cambridge University Press, 1922