Crocodile-Ancestor
Kiwai · demigod · mythic ancestral · Recorded classification
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
- The Kiwai say they descend from Nuga, a half-human, half-crocodile being created long ago from a piece of wood.: Landtman, G. (1917). The Folk-Tales of the Kiwai Papuans. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 47, Helsinki. (ethnography); Leach, M. & Fried, J. (eds.) Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend, s.v. Melanesian mythology (Nuga). (reference work)