Spider Sage

Palauan spider culture-hero; classed as demigod (theriomorphic culture-bringer). Native term Mengidabrutkoel. Gloss 'Spider Sage'. His tale, a charter for human childbirth, parallels the spider/Areop-type culture-bringers elsewhere in the Carolines.

Domains

• childbirth
• healing wisdom

Powers

• teaches the art of natural childbirth

Sources

• Flood, B. & Strong, B.E. (2002). Micronesian Legends. Bess Press, Honolulu
• McKnight, R.K. & Obak, A. (1975). Palauan Legends, Vol. 2. Literature Production Center, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Koror