Soul-Forging Fire Spirit

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