War-God of Bau

Entered as a deity (war-god). One of the great regional/political war-gods of Fiji, tied to the rise of Bau; distinct from the pan-Fijian creator complex. Kinless in the record — see SOLITARY flag.

Domains

• war
• tutelary protection

Powers

• grants victory in war to the people of Bau

Sources

• Derrick, R. A. A History of Fiji, Vol. 1 (1946)
• Sahlins, Marshall. Islands of History (1985)
• Williams, Thomas. Fiji and the Fijians, Vol. 1 (1858), on the war-gods and temples of Fiji