Faumea
Tuamotuan · deity · mythic · deity
Entered deity / female / immortal / mythic. Firmly attested as a Tuamotuan figure (the eel-woman of the Tuamotus). Wired as spouse of Takaroa; her sons Tu-nui-ka-rere (Rata-nui) and Turi-a-Faumea are named but thin (not authored). Her own parentage is not given, but she carries a real in-batch edge, so not flagged SOLITARY.
Children
Domains
- the eel woman and fertility
- command of the wind
Powers
- harbours man-eating eels within her body and teaches their luring-out
- holds the wind in the sweat of her armpit and releases it to speed canoes
- holds the wind in the sweat of her armpit and releases it to speed canoes
Relations
- spouse: Takaroa