Daucina
Ringkasan
Daucina (juga ditulis Ndauthina) adalah dewa pelayaran dan penangkapan ikan di Fiji, dikenal sebagai sang pembawa obor yang berkeliaran di terumbu dengan kerudung api.
Daucina, also written Ndauthina, is the god of seafaring and fishing in Fiji, known as the torch-bearer who roams the reefs hooded with fire.
Kisah dan tradisi
Dalam mitologi Fiji, Daucina berarti sang pembawa obor dan dikenal sebagai dewa agung pelayaran. Menurut Thomson, yang menulis namanya Ndauthina, ia adalah dewa komunitas pelaut dan nelayan di seluruh Fiji. Nelayan yang karam dikatakan selalu dapat berlindung di kuil yang dipersembahkan kepadanya. Saat masih balita ia hanya tenang bila menatap lampu, sehingga ibunya mengikatkan alang-alang bernyala di kepalanya. Sejak itu ia berkeliaran di terumbu karang, pada malam hari, berkerudung tungku menyala. Ia disebut pelindung para pezina dan pembawa pergi perempuan pada malam hari. Ia juga menyukai serangan malam dan menyorotkan cahaya ke pertahanan untuk memandu pengepung, tetapi tidak berbuat jahil terhadap para nelayan sahabatnya, yang diberinya angin baik dan tangkapan yang bagus.
In Fijian mythology Daucina means the torch-bearer and is known as the great god of seafaring. According to Thomson, who writes the name Ndauthina, he is the god of the seafaring and fishing community throughout Fiji. A shipwrecked fisherman was said always to find refuge in a temple dedicated to him. As a toddler he was quiet only when looking at a lamp, so his mother tied burning reeds to his head. Since then he is said to roam the reefs by night, hooded with a flaming brazier. He is called the patron of adulterers and a carrier-off of women at night. He also loves night attacks, flashing light on defences to guide besiegers, yet plays no pranks on his friends the fishermen, to whom he gives fair winds and good catches.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Melanesia
- Kawasan / Region
- Oseania
- Negara / Country
- Fiji
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Deity
- Habitat
- Water
Nama lain / Alternate names
Ndauthina