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Abaia is a huge, magical eel in Melanesian mythology. According to Melanesian mythology the Abaia is a type of large eel which dwells at the bottom of freshwater lakes in the Fiji, Solomon and Vanuatu Islands. The Abaia is said to consider all creatures in the lake its children and protects them furiously against anyone who would harm or disturb them. It is said that those who are foolish enough to try to catch the fish from a lake containing the Abaia are immediately overwhelmed by a large wave caused by the thrashing of the Abaia's powerful tail.

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  • أبايا (بالإنجليزية: Abaia)‏ في الأساطير الميلانيزية أبايا هو ثعبان البحر السحري والضخم في ميلانيزيا. وفقًا للأساطير الميلانية، فإن الأبايا هو نوع من أنواع ثعابين البحر الكبيرة والذي يسكن في قاع بحيرات المياه العذبة في جزر فيجي وسليمان وفانواتو. يقال أن الأبايا ينظر إلى جميع المخلوقات الموجودة في البحيرة على أنهم أطفاله ويحميهم بشراسة ضد أي شخص يضر بهم أو يزعجهم. يقال إن أولئك الذين يجرؤون على محاولة اصطياد الأسماك من البحيرة التي فيها أبايا سيُغرقهم أبايا على الفور بموجة كبيرة تسببها ضربة ذيله على الماء. (ar)
  • Abaia is a huge, magical eel in Melanesian mythology. According to Melanesian mythology the Abaia is a type of large eel which dwells at the bottom of freshwater lakes in the Fiji, Solomon and Vanuatu Islands. The Abaia is said to consider all creatures in the lake its children and protects them furiously against anyone who would harm or disturb them. It is said that those who are foolish enough to try to catch the fish from a lake containing the Abaia are immediately overwhelmed by a large wave caused by the thrashing of the Abaia's powerful tail. Another version of the legend states that if someone were to harm a creature living in the Abaia's home, the Abaia would cause a great rain storm flooding the land and drowning those who had caused the harm. One example of this ability is illustrated in the following story: One day a man discovered a lake in which were many fish, and at the bottom of the lake lived a magic eel, but the man knew it not. He caught many fish and returned the next day with the people of his village whom he had told of his discovery, and they also were very successful, while one woman even laid hold of the great eel, Abaia, who dwelt in the depths of the lake, though he escaped her.Now Abaia was angry that his fish had been caught and that he himself had been seized, so he caused a great rain to fall that night, and the waters of the lake also rose, and all the people were drowned except an old woman who had not eaten of the fish and who saved herself in a tree. Although it would seem that the magical powers of the Abaia are the byproduct of human imagination and its fear of the unknown, it has been suggested that the Abaia legend may have stemmed from encounters with an actual undiscovered species of giant eel living at the bottom of these remote lakes. (en)
  • Dans la mythologie mélanésienne, Abaia est une créature légendaire vivant au fond des lacs d'eau douce des Îles Fidji, Salomon et Vanuatu. Elle ressemble à une énorme anguille. Elle considère toutes les créatures des lacs comme ses enfants et tue donc les personnes qui les dérangent. (fr)
  • Abaia is een gigantische, magische paling uit de Melanesische mythologie. Volgens de oude Melanezen woonde Abai op de bodems van de zoetwatermeren van Fiji, Solomon en de Vanuatu Eilanden. Van Abaia wordt gezegd dat hij vader van alle vissen en onderwaterdieren in zijn meren was en dat al wie dom genoeg was om een vis te vangen verpletterd door een vloedgolf die veroorzaakt wordt door zijn staart. (nl)
  • Abaia é um monstro marinho que aparece no livro The Book of the New Sun, de . Na história, é uma enguia mágica que habita lagos de água doce na Melanésia. Segundo a mitologia do livro, a Abaia é um tipo grande de enguia que habita o inferior dos lagos de água doce no Fiji, Ilhas Salomão e Vanuatu. A Abaia protege todos os filhotes do lago contra qualquer um que possa prejudicá-los ou perturbá-los. Diz-se que aqueles que são tolos o suficiente para tentar pegar os peixes de um lago contendo uma Abaia são imediatamente engolidos por uma grande onda causada pela sua poderosa cauda. Outra versão da lenda diz que, se alguém viesse prejudicar uma criatura no lar da Abaia, esta causaria uma grande tempestade inundando a terra e afogando aqueles que causaram o dano. Apesar da Abaia ser fruto da imaginação humana, algumas pessoas acreditam que a lenda provem de encontros reais de pessoas com uma espécie de enguia gigante não identificada no fundo de lagos. (pt)
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  • أبايا (بالإنجليزية: Abaia)‏ في الأساطير الميلانيزية أبايا هو ثعبان البحر السحري والضخم في ميلانيزيا. وفقًا للأساطير الميلانية، فإن الأبايا هو نوع من أنواع ثعابين البحر الكبيرة والذي يسكن في قاع بحيرات المياه العذبة في جزر فيجي وسليمان وفانواتو. يقال أن الأبايا ينظر إلى جميع المخلوقات الموجودة في البحيرة على أنهم أطفاله ويحميهم بشراسة ضد أي شخص يضر بهم أو يزعجهم. يقال إن أولئك الذين يجرؤون على محاولة اصطياد الأسماك من البحيرة التي فيها أبايا سيُغرقهم أبايا على الفور بموجة كبيرة تسببها ضربة ذيله على الماء. (ar)
  • Dans la mythologie mélanésienne, Abaia est une créature légendaire vivant au fond des lacs d'eau douce des Îles Fidji, Salomon et Vanuatu. Elle ressemble à une énorme anguille. Elle considère toutes les créatures des lacs comme ses enfants et tue donc les personnes qui les dérangent. (fr)
  • Abaia is een gigantische, magische paling uit de Melanesische mythologie. Volgens de oude Melanezen woonde Abai op de bodems van de zoetwatermeren van Fiji, Solomon en de Vanuatu Eilanden. Van Abaia wordt gezegd dat hij vader van alle vissen en onderwaterdieren in zijn meren was en dat al wie dom genoeg was om een vis te vangen verpletterd door een vloedgolf die veroorzaakt wordt door zijn staart. (nl)
  • Abaia is a huge, magical eel in Melanesian mythology. According to Melanesian mythology the Abaia is a type of large eel which dwells at the bottom of freshwater lakes in the Fiji, Solomon and Vanuatu Islands. The Abaia is said to consider all creatures in the lake its children and protects them furiously against anyone who would harm or disturb them. It is said that those who are foolish enough to try to catch the fish from a lake containing the Abaia are immediately overwhelmed by a large wave caused by the thrashing of the Abaia's powerful tail. (en)
  • Abaia é um monstro marinho que aparece no livro The Book of the New Sun, de . Na história, é uma enguia mágica que habita lagos de água doce na Melanésia. Segundo a mitologia do livro, a Abaia é um tipo grande de enguia que habita o inferior dos lagos de água doce no Fiji, Ilhas Salomão e Vanuatu. A Abaia protege todos os filhotes do lago contra qualquer um que possa prejudicá-los ou perturbá-los. Diz-se que aqueles que são tolos o suficiente para tentar pegar os peixes de um lago contendo uma Abaia são imediatamente engolidos por uma grande onda causada pela sua poderosa cauda. (pt)
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  • أبايا (مثولوجيا) (ar)
  • Abaia (en)
  • Abaia (fr)
  • Abaia (nl)
  • Abaia (pt)
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