Tangiia-ka-rere
Mangaian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Tangiia-ka-rere is the western demon who swallows and releases the sun in Gill’s Mangaian eclipse narrative.
Relations
- functional comparison: Tangaroa (Lord of the Sea and Fertility)Gill contrasts Mangaian eclipse demons with the Rarotongan account attributing eclipses to Tangaroa. This is a functional comparison, not an identification.W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 47–48 (primary)
Sources
- Tangiia-ka-rere is the western demon who swallows and releases the sun in Gill’s Mangaian eclipse narrative.: W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 47–48 (primary)