Agunua

Sources present Agunua as the principal or ruler god of the people of San Cristobal (now Makira). He is described in the available accounts as the creator and nourisher of living things and as occupying the top position in the island pantheon, with other gods regarded as aspects of him. The tradition ties religious obligation to everyday economy: for example, one cited prescription states that the first coconut from each tree is sacred to Agunua, indicating a first-fruit dedication to the deity and a practical link between subsistence activities and the sacred.

Across the cited materials Agunua is consistently identified as a cosmic serpent or serpent-bodied ruler. In some sources the alternate name Hatuibwari is used for a more elaborate description: a dragon-like being with a human head, four eyes, clawed arms, bat-like wings, and a serpent body. Other sources emphasize simply the cosmic-serpent aspect; the more composite, anthropo-ophidian, multi-limbed description appears in those accounts that name Hatuibwari specifically.

The sources describe Agunua primarily in generative and sovereign terms: as creator and nourisher of all living things and as the island's chief god, of whom the other deities are aspects. He is also explicitly associated with the sea and is worshiped by petition for practical needs—notably general good health and rich harvests. The supplied materials do not record hostile or capricious behavior or other specific supernatural powers beyond those life-giving and sea-related roles.