Nei Teukez the Primal Mother
Kiribati · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Kiribati primal mother, named in the creation-genealogy prose of the existing Riiki and Na Kika entries (Na Atibu and Nei Teukez beget the second generation). Classed deity. Mother-of edges to the two existing children declared here; both need kiribati_nei_teukez appended to their parentIds, and Na Atibu needs the reciprocal spouse edge. Her newly-authored children Te Ikawai, Nei Marena and Te Nao carry her in their own parentIds.
Children
Domains
- foundation of the world
Relations
- spouse: The First RockConsort of Na Atibu the Rock; together the parents of the second-generation beings of the creation. Na Atibu is already in the corpus and should add the reciprocal spouse edge.Grimble, Tungaru Traditions (ed. Maude, 1989): Na Atibu and Nei Teukez the primal pair (secondary)
- mother of: World-Heaving OctopusMother of the octopus-god Na Kika.Grimble, Tungaru Traditions (ed. Maude, 1989): Na Kika a son of Na Atibu and Nei Teukez (secondary)
- mother of: Sky-Lifting EelMother of the sky-lifting eel Riiki.Grimble, Tungaru Traditions (ed. Maude, 1989): Riiki the eel a child of Na Atibu and Nei Teukez (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Grimble, Arthur. Tungaru Traditions: Writings on the Atoll Culture of the Gilbert Islands (ed. H. E. Maude, 1989): Na Atibu and Nei Teukez beget Te Ikawai, Nei Marena, Te Nao, Na Kika and Riiki (secondary); Grimble, Arthur. Myths from the Gilbert Islands, Folklore vol. 33 (1922); Nareau, en.wikipedia, accessed June 2026 (secondary)