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
Russell, S. (1998). Tiempon I Manmofo'na: Ancient Chamorro Culture and History of the Northern Mariana Islands. Micronesian Archaeological Survey Report 32, CNMI
Cunningham, L.J. (1992). Ancient Chamorro Society. Bess Press, Honolulu