Nguatinihenua
Rennell & Bellona · mortal · Rennell & Bellona traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Nguatinihenua is remembered as one of the founding immigrant ancestors of Rennell and Bellona, a companion of Kaitu'u among the voyagers who reached the islands from 'Ubea. In the settlement traditions he stands at the head of one of the original lines of descent, and like the other apical ancestors he was accorded a place in the genealogies and the ancestor cult. Together the founding ancestors bridge the world of the gods and the ordinary human community that traces itself back to the coming of the two canoes.
Domains
- migration
- ancestry
Powers
- founds an original lineage of the islands
Relations
- companion: Kaitu'uElbert, Samuel H., and Torben Monberg. From the Two Canoes. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1965. (secondary)
Sources
- Nguatinihenua is remembered among the founding immigrant ancestors of Rennell and Bellona who came from 'Ubea, honoured in the genealogies and ancestor cult beside Kaitu'u.: Elbert, Samuel H., and Torben Monberg. From the Two Canoes. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1965. (secondary); Monberg, Torben. Bellona Island Beliefs and Rituals. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1991. (secondary)