Trickster Fire-Bringer
Chuukese · demigod · mythic · Recorded classification
Pan-Carolinian trickster/culture-hero foregrounded per the brief; entered as demigod (mortal mother, divine father). vitalStatus 'immortal' as he ascends to the sky in myth. Lessa documents the same figure as Iolofath across Ulithi and the wider Carolines.
Parentage
- parent: Bringer of Arts
- parent: The Mortal Mother of the Trickster
Domains
- trickery
- fire
Powers
- brings fire down to humankind
- changes his shape to escape and deceive
- Arm the sharks with teeth
- Be born from his mother's head
Sources
- Olifat (Olofat/Iolofath) is the Chuukese (and wider Carolinian) trickster culture-hero, grandson of Anulap and son of Lugeilan by a mortal woman, who brought fire to humankind, gave sharks their teeth, and changes shape to outwit gods and men.: Bollig, Laurentius. Die Bewohner der Truk-Inseln (1927) (secondary); Lessa, William A. Tales from Ulithi Atoll (1961) (secondary)