Ratumaibulu

In the mythology of Fiji, Ratumaibulu is a god of great importance who presides over agriculture. In the month called Vula-i-Ratumaibulu,[1] he comes from Bulu, the world of spirits, to make the breadfruit and other fruit trees blossom and yield fruit.[2] He is said to be a snake god.

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Notes

  1. 'The month of Ratumaibulu', corresponding roughly to November.
  2. The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1907, pages 153, 372

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