Dragons of Fame

Agunua / Hatuibwari

History: Aguna is an alternative name for Hatuibwari, the great cosmic serpent found in the traditions and myths of Melanesia, specifically the people of the San Cristoval Island.¹ She is the primordial ancestor of the human race.²

Aguna / Hatuibwari is a vast serpent with the upper body resembling a human and with two beautiful, enormous wings. Her head has four eyes, and her torso has four pendulous breasts, which serve to feed and to nourish all the living.²

Physical Description: She is sometimes in the form of an enormous serpent. At other times, she is depicted as a long serpent with the upper body of a human.¹ She has two large wings, four eyes on her head, and four breasts on her torso.²

1. Rose [Monsters] 8
2. Rose [Monsters] 169

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