Note 29 — Chapter VI · THE INTERPRETATION OF ANDAMANESE CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS: MYTHS AND LEGENDS

There is general agreement in all the tribes in the belief that storms are due to Biliku or Tarai. Both of them send rain and thunder and lightning, but whenever mention is made in the legends of a violent storm it is always Biliku who is mentioned as causing it, and never by any chance Tarai. Thus, in regard to this matter of storms, it is evident that Biliku is more important than Tarai, and this is only one example of the preponderance of Biliku over her consort. This preponderance will need to be explained as one of the essentials of the myth29.