Ratumaibulu

Ratumaibulu

In the mythology of Fiji, Ratumaibulu is a god of great importance who presides over agriculture. In the month called "Vula-i-Ratumaibulu" ['the month of Ratumaibulu', corresponding roughly to November] , he comes from Bulu, the world of spirits, to make the breadfruit and other fruit trees blossom and yield fruit [The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1907, p. 153, 372] . He is said to be a snake god.

ee also

*Burotu
*Bulu (Fijian mythology)
*Nabangatai

Notes

References

*"The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada", 1907.
*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.


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