Tuna
Mangaian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Tuna is the god and protector of freshwater eels in Gill’s coconut narrative. He visits Ina-moe-aitu in eel form and changes into a young man to declare his love.
Variant accounts
- source review correctionGill names Ina-moe-aitu as Tuna’s lover, distinct from the lunar Ina.William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 45,77,95 (primary)
Domains
- fertility
Powers
- Take the form of a handsome youth to woo Ina
- Yield the first coconut palm from his buried head
Relations
- lover: Ina-moe-aituIna-moe-aitu is the specifically named daughter in this narrative.William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 77 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876) (secondary)
- Tuna is the god and protector of freshwater eels in Gill’s coconut narrative. He visits Ina-moe-aitu in eel form and changes into a young man to declare his love.: William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 77 (primary)