The Mortal Mother of the Trickster
Chuukese · mortal · mythic · Recorded classification
Authored as the named, attested mortal mother of chuukese_olifat, who currently records only his divine father (parentIds chuukese_lugeilan). Daughter of the octopus goddess Hit (chuukese_hit, also authored this batch).
Parentage
- parent: The Octopus Goddess
Children
Domains
- human lineage
Powers
- bears the trickster Olifat to the sky-god Lugeilan
Relations
- spouse: Bringer of ArtsCarolinian Olifat cycle (Tarisso the mortal wife of the sky-god Lugeilan / Lugeleng). (secondary)
Sources
- Tarisso is the mortal woman, daughter of the octopus goddess Hit, who becomes the earthly wife of the sky-god Lugeilan and the mother of the Carolinian trickster Olifat; her mortality is why Olifat is reckoned a demigod.: William A. Lessa, Tales from Ulithi Atoll (University of California Press, 1961) (Iolofath/Olofat cycle). (secondary); Survey of Micronesian (Carolinian) mythology recording Tarisso, daughter of Hit, as the mortal mother of Olifat by Lugeilan. (secondary)