Degei, also rendered Ndengei, is the supreme god of Fijian mythology, worshipped in serpent form. Tradition holds that he created the Fijian world, its fruits and its people by hatching an egg, and that when he shakes himself the resulting rain fertilizes the land, while his wrath can bring floods or ruined crops; he is said to dwell in a cave near Mount Uluda in the Nakauvandra Range and to judge the souls of the dead.
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Attestation
Veneration TodayHistorically attested; no continuous cult 1 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Function
Domain / Function Belief
TheologyPolytheistic: many gods 1 Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
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