Crocodile-Ancestor

Theriomorphic ancestor / culture-hero tier, rendered demigod. A crocodile-man origin-ancestor of the Kiwai, born from wood; one of the renowned Kiwai mythic figures alongside Sido and Marunogere. English-leading 'Crocodile-Ancestor'; vernacular Nuga in term.

Domains

• ancestral origins

Powers

• FATHER the Kiwai people
• Take the shape of a crocodile-man

Sources

• Landtman, G. (1917). The Folk-Tales of the Kiwai Papuans. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 47, Helsinki.
• Leach, M. & Fried, J. (eds.) Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend, s.v. Melanesian mythology (Nuga).