Thunderer
Kiribati · deity · primordial · deity
Thunder/lightning deity, the most prominent of the invoked anti. Treated as deity; immortal. RECIPROCAL within batch with Nei Tevenei (spouse). The variant spelling 'Taburimai' is attested but is sometimes treated as a distinct hero; kept here only as an alt form.
Domains
- thunder
- lightning
- wind and rain
- healing
- fertility and the crops
Powers
- hurls fiery thunderbolts and rolls the thunder when angry
- rules the winds and the rain and heals the sick
- wrestles Nareau, who breaks his arm
Epithets
- Taburimai
Relations
- spouse: Comet Goddess
- enemy: World-Maker