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Ualuvu levu
In Pacific island myth, a cataclysmic flood that occurred after the beginning of
time, engulfing some territories, while sparing the mountain peaks of others. The
deluge was said to have carried an ancestral people from their homeland at
Nakauvadra throughout all parts of Fiji. Interestingly, Degei, an angry spirit that
caused the Ualuvu levu, took the form of a serpent in the sky, an allusion to a
destructive comet found in many other cultures around the world.Uassu
Deluge hero of several Amazon tribes—the Abederys, Katauhys, and
Parrarys—in eastern Brazil. Tradition states, “Once on a time, folk heard a great
rumbling above and below ground [exploding meteors and earthquakes]. The sun
and moon turned red [ash fall]. Our forefathers heard a roar and saw darkness
ascending from the Earth to the sky [volcanism], accompanied by thunder and
heavy rains which blotted out the Earth and made day into night. The waters rose
very high, until the Earth was sunk beneath them.” Uassu and his wife alone survived
when they climbed to the top of a tall tree.
(See Asteroid Theory)