Kahausibware: The Creator Goddess
Kahausibware is a creator goddess in the mythology of the Mono-Alu people of the Solomon Islands. She is a supreme female deity credited with creating the world, the islands, and all living things. In the beginning, Kahausibware created the land by pulling islands up from the sea. She then fashioned humans from clay and breathed life into them, teaching them how to build canoes, plant gardens, and fish. As a creator goddess, she represents the feminine creative principle and is associated with fertility, growth, and the abundance of the sea and forest. Her worship was central to Mono-Alu relig