Cirinakaumoli the Twin

Entered as a deity (an ancestral war-cycle god); the twin of fijian_nakausabaria. Descent from Degei is 'grandson' in the prevailing saga (variants: son; or father = Tui Nubulevu); parentIds left empty for the same reason as his twin, with the Degei link carried by the cited 'enemy' relation and parentRoles. Name orthography varies (Cirinakaumoli / Nacirikaumoli / Thirikaumoli).

Domains

• war
• canoe building

Powers

• rebels against Degei and brings on the first great war
• patron of the canoe-builders
• shoots Degei's sacred cock Turukawa and provokes the first war

Epithets

• Cirinakaumoli

Relations

• twin sibling: Nakausabaria the Twin
• enemy: Serpent Creator

Sources

• Fison, Lorimer. 'Ancestor Worship Among the Fijians', Popular Science Monthly 47 (1895)
• Fison, Lorimer. Tales from Old Fiji (1904)
• Geraghty, Paul (ed.). Degei's Descendants: Spirits, Place and People in Pre-Cession Fiji (ANU Press)