Tui Delai Gau

In Fijian mythology,[1] Tui Delai Gau is the god of mountains[2] who can remove his hands and have them fish for him. He can also take off his head and put it in the sky as a look-out. He lives in a tree.[3]

Sources
  1. Hames, Alice Inez (1967). "The God of the Summit of Gau". In Reed, Alexander Wyclif (ed.). Myths and legends of Fiji and Rotuma. Reed. pp. 58 et seq.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Waterhouse, Joseph (1866). "Tui Dela i Gau". The king and people of Fiji. London: University of Hawaii Press. Wesleyan Conference Office. pp. 379–384.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Knappert, Jan (1992). "Tree God". Pacific mythology: an encyclopaedia of myth and legend. Aquarian/Thorsons. p. 305. ISBN 9781855381339.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading
  • Toren, Christina (1999). "Cosmogenic Aspects of Desire and Compassion in Fiji". Mind, Materiality, and History: Explorations in Fijian Ethnography. Routledge. pp. 148–151. ISBN 9780415195775.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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