In the
mythology
Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society. For scholars, this is very different from the vernacular usage of the term "myth" that refers to a belief that is not true. Instead, the ...
of
Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
, Ratumaibulu is a
god
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a god is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or for controlling some part of the un ...
of great importance who presides over
agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...
. In the month called ''Vula-i-Ratumaibulu'', he comes from
Bulu, the world of spirits, to make the
breadfruit
Breadfruit (''Artocarpus altilis'') is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry and jackfruit family ( Moraceae) believed to have been selectively bred in Polynesia from the breadnut ('' Artocarpus camansi''). Breadfruit was spread into ...
and other fruit trees blossom and yield fruit.
[''The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada'', 1907, pages 153, 372] He is said to be a
snake
Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have s ...
god.
See also
*
Nabagatai
Notes
References
*''The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada'', 1907.
*Freese, John, ''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.
Agricultural gods
Fertility gods
Fijian deities
Snake gods