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Fijian mythology refers to the set of beliefs practiced by the indigenous people of the island of Fiji. Its gods include Degei, a serpent who is the supreme god of Fiji. He is the creator of the (Fijian) world. He judges newly dead souls after they pass through one of two caves: Cibaciba or Drakulu.^[1] A few he sends to paradise Burotu. Most others are thrown into a lake, where they will eventually sink to the bottom (Murimuria) to be appropriately rewarded or punished.^[2]

Gods

Turukawa a Fijian VU (God) who is personified as a Rooster whose parents were a hawk and Degei the serpent God were the only two living things on earth. The hawk laid two eggs and the serpent incubated them, hatching a boy and a girl, the first humans. Also commonly identified as Turukawa

References

^ John Freese, The Philosophy of the Immortality of the Soul and the Resurrection of the Human Body. Facsimile reprint of 1864 edition. Kessinger Publishing, 2005, ISBN 1-4179-7234-3.
^ T. Williams, J. Calvert, Fiji and the Fijians, Heylin, 1858.

[1] John Freese, The Philosophy of the Immortality of the Soul and the Resurrection of the Human Body. Facsimile reprint of 1864 edition. Kessinger Publishing, 2005, ISBN 1-4179-7234-3.

[2] T. Williams, J. Calvert, Fiji and the Fijians, Heylin, 1858.

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+Turukawa a Fijian VU (God) who is personified as a Rooster whose parents were a hawk and Degei the serpent God were the only two living things on earth. The hawk laid two eggs and the serpent incubated them, hatching a boy and a girl, the first humans. Also commonly identified as Turukawa
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