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