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Gora-daileng
Gora-daileng OceaniaIn the Caroline Islands, the god who punished the wicked after death. Gora-daileng lived by a subterranean river of unknown length. Having tortured wicked souls by fire, he was in the habit of pushing them into this river so that the strong current would bear them away to oblivion.
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