Soul-Forging Fire Spirit
Chamorro · deity · mythic age · Recorded classification
Chamorro fire-and-souls spirit; classed as deity. Native term Chaifi (variant Chaife). Gloss 'Soul-Forging Fire Spirit'. His abode Sasalaguan (the fiery mountain) functions in Chamorro belief as a place of the tormented dead; Russell collates the Marianas oral corpus including this cycle.
Domains
- fire
- souls of the dead
- underworld
Powers
- forges souls from fire
- Forge souls from fire and command wind and water
Sources
- Chaifi is the fiery Chamorro spirit of the volcano Sasalaguan who forged souls from fire and held them captive.: Russell, S. (1998). Tiempon I Manmofo'na: Ancient Chamorro Culture and History of the Northern Mariana Islands. Micronesian Archaeological Survey Report 32, CNMI (reference); Cunningham, L.J. (1992). Ancient Chamorro Society. Bess Press, Honolulu (reference)