Creator Sister
Chamorro · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Chamorro primordial creator-sister; classed as deity. Native term Fu'una (variant Fo'na). Gloss 'Creator Sister'. The animating, world-quickening counterpart to Puntan; her petrification at Lasso' Fu'a in Fouha Bay is the central Mariana origin site, attested from the 1596-97 mission of Fray Antonio de los Angeles onward.
Domains
- creation from the body
- origin of humankind
Powers
- vivifies the world and becomes the birthing rock
Epithets
- Fu'una The sister who shaped the world from Puntan’s body and, as Fouha Rock, brought forth humankindChamorro (Mariana Islands) creation tradition (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: Creator BrotherReciprocal of chamorro_puntan.sibling — Primordial brother and sister: dying Puntan's body became sky, earth, sun and moon, and Fu'una quickened the world from it, turning herself to the stone Lalas at Fouha Bay.L. J. Cunningham, Ancient Chamorro Society (1992) (secondary)
Sources
- Fu'una (Fo'na) gave life to the world from her brother Puntan's body and then became the rock at Fouha Bay from which the first humans were born.: Cunningham, L.J. (1992). Ancient Chamorro Society. Bess Press, Honolulu (reference); Russell, S. (1998). Tiempon I Manmofo'na: Ancient Chamorro Culture and History of the Northern Mariana Islands. Micronesian Archaeological Survey Report 32, CNMI (ethnography)