Eijebong

Eijebong , also Eijeboñ , is a female deity in the monotheistic faith on Nauru , who was still worshiped by the indigenous Nauru people in the mid-19th century , but was ousted by Christian proselytizing until 1945.

Little is known about the goddess and her worship, there was no kind of priesthood, she was worshiped as a cult individually without public with gifts that were offered in the bush.

Individual evidence

↑ Nauru A "Spy" Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Development, IBP, Inc., Lulu.com, 2009, p. 30 [1]
^ Swiss Review of World Affairs, Volumes 25-26, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1975 [2]
↑ Nauru. In: J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann (Eds.): Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. Volume 1: A-B. 2nd Edition. ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, CA, Denver, CO, Oxford 2010, p. 2045 .
^ Camilla H. Wedgwood: Report on Research Work in Nauru Island, Central Pacific. In: Oceania . Volume 6, No. 4, 1936, pp. 359-391, here p. 376 ( JSTOR 40327573 ).
^ Nancy Viviani: A history of Nauru. Australian National University, Canberra 1967, p. 8. (Thesis, anu.edu.au ).

[1] Nauru A "Spy" Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Development, IBP, Inc., Lulu.com, 2009, p. 30 [1]

[2] Swiss Review of World Affairs, Volumes 25-26, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1975 [2]

[3] Nauru. In: J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann (Eds.): Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. Volume 1: A-B. 2nd Edition. ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, CA, Denver, CO, Oxford 2010, p. 2045 .

[4] Camilla H. Wedgwood: Report on Research Work in Nauru Island, Central Pacific. In: Oceania . Volume 6, No. 4, 1936, pp. 359-391, here p. 376 ( JSTOR 40327573 ).

[5] Nancy Viviani: A history of Nauru. Australian National University, Canberra 1967, p. 8. (Thesis, anu.edu.au ).