Te Ikawai the Eldest

Kiribati first-born of the second generation, named in the creation-genealogy prose of the existing Riiki entry. Classed deity. parentIds set to Na Atibu and the newly-authored Nei Teukez so the family tree links.

Parentage

• parent: The First Rock
• parent: Nei Teukez the Primal Mother

Domains

• foundation of the world

Powers

• Stand as the first-born of the second generation

Relations

• sibling: World-Heaving OctopusEldest brother among the second-generation beings (with Nei Marena, Te Nao, Na Kika and Riiki).Grimble, Tungaru Traditions (ed. Maude, 1989): the children of Na Atibu and Nei Teukez (secondary)
• sibling: Nei Marena

Sources

• existence: Grimble, Arthur. Tungaru Traditions (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 33 (1922); Nareau, en.wikipedia, accessed June 2026 (secondary)