Tuanui-ka-rere
Mangaian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Tuanui-ka-rere is the eastern demon who swallows and releases the moon 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
- Tuanui-ka-rere is the eastern demon who swallows and releases the moon in Gill’s Mangaian eclipse narrative.: W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 47–48 (primary)