Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

6 FFabulinusMinor god of infants. Roman. Responsible forthe first words of the child.FaivarongoGod of mariners. Polynesian [Tikopia]. Theeldest son of a being known as Ariki KafikaTuisifo, he is a patron and guardian of seafarersand is also regarded as the origin of the royalTikopian lineage. Also known as the “grandsireof the ocean.” He is closely linked with thechthonic god TIFENUA and the sky god ATUA IKAFIKA.beings. He is also the progenitor of fish stocks inthe river Niger. His chief adversary is the god ofthe desert wind, TELIKO. Faro is propitiatedannually by a Komo society of men in a ritual ofdancing. They use a special mask which is createdanew each year. According to legend Faro cameto earth after a long period of drought duringwhich most of the living things died. He also gavemankind the gift of speech.FaunaMinor vegetation goddess. Roman. Consort ofFAUNUS with guardianship of woods and plants.FaraguvolVotive god. Puerto Rico and Haiti. The deifiedtrunk of a tree which is carried to a tribal chiefand presented. The being represented, classed asa ZEMI, is considered to wander about and canescape from a closed bag or sack.FaroRiver god. Bambara [Mali, West Africa]. Regardedas the deity who brought order to the world at thetime of creation. He impregnated himself andgave birth to twins who were the first humanFaunusMinor vegetation god. Roman. Consort of FAUNAwith guardianship of woods and plants. He wasgiven many of the attributes of the Greek godPAN including horns and legs of a goat.FeTutelary god. Gai [Ivory Coast, West Africa]. Bytradition he arbitrated a dispute between twotribes, the Chuilo and the Nyaio. The Nyaio wereeventually defeated and Fe became specificallythe god of the Chuilo people. He is propitiated by95