1) Vanuatu mythology 
Qasavara (pronounced kpʷasaˈβara) is a spirit from Melanesian mythology, more precisely from the Banks islands, north of Vanuatu. ==Name== The name ‘Qasavara’ is itself from the language of Mota, but the same deity is known under other names in neighboring islands: [kpʷasˈβar] in Vurës, [kpʷasˈβaj] in Mwotlap, [wɔkpʷastaˈβaɸ] in...