Te Nao the Wave

Kiribati personified Wave, a second-generation being named in the creation-genealogy prose of the existing Riiki entry. Classed deity. parentIds set to Na Atibu and the newly-authored Nei Teukez.

Parentage

• The First Rock
• Nei Teukez the Primal Mother

Domains

• the sea and waves

Powers

• Embody the surge of the sea-wave

Relations

• sibling: Nei Marena

Sources

• 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
• Grimble, Arthur. Myths from the Gilbert Islands, Folklore 33 (1922); Nareau, en.wikipedia (Te Nao the wave), accessed June 2026