Arrain Aita

Male diety of the oceans. Represented by sealife.

Whale Father

Depicted as a whale surrounded by fish, dolphins, sharks, seahorses, and starfish.

whales and seahorses are very common.

water

Giver of life by offering up fish for eating.

People wade into the water up to their knees and call to Whale Father to hear them.

Covering an altar in a fishnet and shells to pray, wading into the water to pray, Priests take chum buckets out to sea to feed the sharks as a way to thank the Fish Father.

Bonfire with seaweed on the beach to roast fish on Uraren Jaia, or Festival of Water. Wearing a carved walebone, or sea lion tusk.

His partner is Sea Mother.