Tui Delai Gau
In Fijian mythology,{{cite book|chapter=The God of the Summit of Gau|title=Myths and legends of Fiji and Rotuma|first=Alice Inez|last=Hames|editor1-first=Alexander Wyclif|editor1-last=Reed|publisher=Reed|year=1967|pages=58 et seq}} Tui Delai Gau is the god of mountains{{cite encyclopaedia|article=Tui Dela i Gau|encyclopedia=The king and people of Fiji|first=Joseph|last=Waterhouse|authorlink=Joseph Waterhouse (minister) |publisher= University of Hawaii Press |year=1866 |location= London |agency= Wesleyan Conference Office |pages=379–384}} who can remove his hands and have them fish for him. He can also take off his head and put it in the sky as a look-out. He lives in a tree.{{cite encyclopaedia|article=Tree God|pages=305|encyclopedia=Pacific mythology: an encyclopedia of myth and legend|first=Jan|last=Knappert|publisher=Aquarian/Thorsons|year=1992|isbn=9781855381339}}
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Further reading
- {{cite book|chapter=Cosmogenic Aspects of Desire and Compassion in Fiji|title=Mind, Materiality, and History: Explorations in Fijian Ethnography|first=Christina|last=Toren|publisher=Routledge|year=1999|isbn=9780415195775|pages=148–151}}
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