An offering to the female deity Eijebong was made. Dead spirits are believed to be invoked through trances by a medium, and those spirits were said to be living in the island of Buitani.[1] Believers say that the sky and the earth were created by a spider called Areop-Enap.
Deitiesedit
Eigiguedit
Eigigu is a girl from Nauruan mythology, who is said to be the wife of the moon (maramen).[2]
Detoraedit
Detora is a boy in Nauruan mythology, who became the king of the sea.[3]
There are very few, if any, people on the island who still subscribe to this religion, because of the dominant belief of Christianity imposed upon them by Christian colonization. Main sources for attestations of the religion in its old form comes from sources written by German ethnologist Paul Hambruch in 1914 and 1915, which was not well received by German missionary Alois Kayser.[5]
nauruan, indigenous, religion, indigenous, religion, nauruans, contents, worldview, deities, eigigu, detora, areop, enap, gaomodugudug, eyouwit, decline, also, referencesworldview, editan, offering, female, deity, eijebong, made, dead, spirits, believed, invok. Nauruan indigenous religion is an indigenous religion of the Nauruans Contents 1 Worldview 2 Deities 2 1 Eigigu 2 2 Detora 2 3 Areop Enap 2 4 Gaomodugudug 2 5 Eyouwit 3 Decline 4 See also 5 ReferencesWorldview editAn offering to the female deity Eijebong was made Dead spirits are believed to be invoked through trances by a medium and those spirits were said to be living in the island of Buitani 1 Believers say that the sky and the earth were created by a spider called Areop Enap Deities editEigigu edit Eigigu is a girl from Nauruan mythology who is said to be the wife of the moon maramen 2 Detora edit Detora is a boy in Nauruan mythology who became the king of the sea 3 Areop Enap edit Main article Areop Enap Gaomodugudug edit A figure in legend that exemplifies the role of frigate birds in Nauru 4 Eyouwit edit A young girl who lived in the sky 4 Decline editThere are very few if any people on the island who still subscribe to this religion because of the dominant belief of Christianity imposed upon them by Christian colonization Main sources for attestations of the religion in its old form comes from sources written by German ethnologist Paul Hambruch in 1914 and 1915 which was not well received by German missionary Alois Kayser 5 See also editIndigenous religionReferences edit Pacific Islands H M Stationery Office Great Britain 1945 p 333 the story of eigigu naurugov nr Retrieved 2021 12 18 The story of Detora the King of the sea naurugov nr Retrieved 2021 12 18 a b Petit Skinner Solange 1981 the nauruans MacDuff Press ISBN 0960627200 Dobbin Jay Hezel Francis X 2011 Summoning the Powers Beyond Traditional Religions in Micronesia JSTOR j ctt6wqh65 11 nbsp This Nauru related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article relating to a myth or legend from Oceania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nauruan indigenous religion amp oldid 1189699317, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
