Na Kika

hybrid · Kiribati · Pacific

Na Kika is the giant octopus god of Kiribati (Gilbertese) mythology, child of the primal parents Na Atibu and Nei Teukez. In creation accounts he worked alongside the spider-god Nareau to raise the islands of the Pacific from the sea, his tentacles spreading across the ocean floor. He guards the deep waters and symbolizes the secrets and mysteries beneath the ocean surface.

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