Afekan is the goddess of creation and knowledge in the Tifalmin mythology of

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. Afekan lived with men in the beginning to teach them "how to live in strength and dignity", along with the secrets and rituals of men. She also created

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, pigs, and various cultural things. She has a brother, Umoim, who became the first man to die. Afekan is equivalent to the goddesses Afek of the Telefol and

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, Karigan of the Faiwol people, Paatakanib or Fitipkanib of the

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, and Fiitiir by the Bimun-Kuskusmin people. Afekan is the namesake of a crater at on

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