Ina

The Mangaian Hina (Gill 1876): the woman in the moon who beats tapa, and the maiden of the Tuna-eel and first-coconut tale. SOLITARY: Gill's Mangaian account fixes no divine parentage, spouse, or sibling for Ina within the cosmogonic genealogy — the eel-tale gives only the maiden and her god-lover Tuna; her kin are therefore not wired (Gill 1876, Ch. V).

Domains

• the moon
• tapa and barkcloth
• origin of the coconut

Powers

• beat out tapa (bark-cloth) in the moon
• bring forth the first coconut from the eel's head

Relations

• equated with: Hina
• equated with: Sina
• equated with: Hina
• equated with: Hina
• equated with: Hina
• equated with: Hina
• equated with: Nuahine
• lover: Tuna

Sources

• William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), Ch. V and the Tuna / coconut myth, pp. 77–88
• Roland B. Dixon, Oceanic Mythology (1916), pp. 88–90