Eigigu
Eigigu (also Eguigu ) is a young girl in Nauruan mythology .
legend
According to legend, she lived with her two older sisters, who were also called Eigigu, in their parents' house, who were called Eigigu and Gadiya. One day she fell over and seriously injured her leg. She ran to her mother who advised her to run to the beach and stay there forever. The mother didn't seem to have noticed that she was hurting herself badly.
Eigigu sadly went down to the beach and sat there next to a small tree, which in Nauru is called Dogimadere . She looked at the small tree and decided to water it to see how tall it could grow. She continued to water the tree until it reached the sky and the top disappeared in a cloud . Eigigu began to climb the trunk. But as she was climbing, the branches broke off beneath her, preventing her from climbing back down.
Eigigus both sisters came to see her. They saw the tree and her sister near the top. They called her to come down and offered her a hula rag and a nice belt. But Eigigu called back to take it back to the mother and tell her that she would never see her again. Sadly, the sisters delivered the news to the mother, who was upset for a few days, but it was too late to act.
Meanwhile Eigigu climbed into a cloud at the top of the tree. To her great surprise, she found a house there, and because she was hungry, she went inside. In the house sat a blind old lady named Enibarara who was drinking palm sap from a mug . Eigigu helped himself to two cups of juice before the old lady realized something was wrong. The lady called suspiciously who dared to steal her son's palm sap. Eigigu was about to take a third mug when the lady suddenly took her hand and held it. Eigigu pleaded that she would cure the lady of her blindness if she protected her. Enibarara agreed, and her Eigigu blew into her eyes.
Many ants , bugs and small insects crawled out of Enibarara's eyes, whereupon she could see again. She thanked Eigigu and hid her because her son Debao, the thunder , was coming. She hid Eigigu in a large half-shell . Debao could smell a person, but Enibarara said he was wrong. Suddenly it became very warm in the house; Enibarara's second son Ekwan, the sun , came by. The last to appear was the youngest son Maramen, the moon . He also sensed Eigigu. Enibarara confirmed this and said that Maramen should take Eigigu as bride because they would be a good match. The next day, Eigigu is said to have ridden away with a cloud on Maramen's lap.
Believers Nauruans say today, if you watch the moon exactly on a clear night, you'd see a dark shadow. That is Eguigu, sitting in the crescent moon weaving a mat from the leaves of the pandanus palm.
aftermath
A small company in Nauru is named after Eigigu : the Eigigu Holdings Corporation , which operates a supermarket in Denigomodu . The company is the most important buyer of the fishermen in Nauru as there is no fish market. The manager of the supermarket is Ellington Dowabobo, the president of the whole company is Jarden Kephas.