Note 36 — Chapter VI · THE INTERPRETATION OF ANDAMANESE CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS: MYTHS AND LEGENDS

This view of Biliku as hostile to mankind is not, however, absolutely universal if we are to accept Mr Man’s account of the myths of the South Andaman. Mr Man describes Puluga as the creator of the world and the beneficent ruler of mankind. Although I could not find a native who held exactly the same views about Puluga as those that Mr Man represents as being the views commonly held in the tribes he studied (Aka-Bea and A-Pučikwar), yet there is no doubt that at times, and more particularly in the southern tribes, the natives do regard Puluga as the benefactor and even the creator of the human race36.