Tairagoni

Tairagoni was a Rotuman sea-god, named in the ethnographic record as the son of the fertility-god Tagaroa. He was personified by the turtle and was held able to render the sea fruitful and safe, so that his marine domain complemented his father's authority over the fertility of the land and people. The turtle through which he manifested was correspondingly treated as a creature of sacred regard.

Parentage

• Tagaroa

Domains

• sea and fishing
• sea turtle

Powers

• to render the sea fruitful and safe for fishing and voyaging
• to be present in and embodied by the turtle

Relations

• subordinate to: Tagaroa

Sources

• Howard, Alan (1991). 'Rotuma.' In Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. II: Oceania, ed. Terence E. Hays. Boston: G. K. Hall.
• Gardiner, J. Stanley (1898). 'The Natives of Rotuma.' Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 27: 457-524.