Melanesian Supernatural Beings

5 documented Melanesian supernatural beings from the Evil Eye grimoire, including 2 ancient and 1 greater in power tier.

Abaia
Greater

Abaia

Abaia is a singular, enormous freshwater eel spirit from Melanesian tradition (notably Fiji, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu) that dwells in lake depths and protects all aquatic life; when humans harm lake creatures it responds by creating waves, storms, or floods that drown transgressors.

Agunua
Ancient

Agunua

Agunua is the chief cosmic-serpent deity of San Cristobal (Makira) in the Solomon Islands, worshiped as a creator and nourisher and associated with the sea. In some accounts the name Hatuibwari is treated as an alternate form emphasizing a dragon-like composite appearance.

Baloma
Lesser

Baloma

In Trobriand Islanders' belief as reported by Bronisław Malinowski, baloma are the spirits of deceased lineage members who act to produce new members of a matrilineal line; they are credited with impregnating women (often described as occurring while bathing in the sea) and thereby sustaining matrilineal descent.

Fakafifine
Minor Spirit

Fakafifine

Fakafifine is a Niuean, culturally specific gender category referring to people assigned male at birth who adopt a feminine gender expression and who are understood within Niuean culture as occupying a third gender role. The term is used in contemporary social, cultural, and activist contexts in Niue and Niuean diaspora communities.

Tangaroa
Ancient

Tangaroa

Tangaroa is a principal Polynesian atua of oceanic realms — in Māori tradition he is the great atua of the sea, lakes, rivers, and creatures within them, especially fish. Cognate figures (Tagaloa, Tangaloa, Taʻaroa, Kanaloa) appear across Polynesia with varying rank and functions from departmental sea-god to supreme creator in regional traditions.