Marshallese turtle-ancestress / tutelary spirit; classed as deity (theriomorphic culture-spirit). Native term Lijebake (the feminine prefix Li- marks a female being; wōn is the turtle). Gloss 'Great Mother Turtle'.
Domains
sea creatures
bestowal of power
Powers
grants magic power to the trickster sons
Epithets
Lijebake
Sources
Tobin, J.A. (2002). Stories from the Marshall Islands: Bwebwenato Jān Aelōñ Kein. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu
Flood, B. & Strong, B.E. (2002). Micronesian Legends. Bess Press, Honolulu