Once upon a time, there was a mangrove tree on a remote island with the face of a woman. She had no name, but the people she created from mud called her Mother Mangrove. She presided over a beautiful and sunny village of people, who planted trees from her seed that also formed roots and the waves carried them to beaches all over the world. The people of the mangrove defended the trees from animals that tried to break their roots, and the trees provided them with fruits and shade from the sun as well as materials to build their homes. They lived as the God of Harmony had intended, and with the kind mangrove goddess they lived happily for hundreds of years.

One day though, their island was discovered by Europeans. They came claiming to be gods, to which the mangrove goddess informed her people they definitely were not. She carefully guided her people to dealing with these people, and immediately sent lightning and storms to destroy all of their ships and prevent any outsider from ever discovering their island. She gave her people weapons from her roots and ordered them to destroy their guns. She even gave them instructions for how to acculturate the colonialists to have them become people of the mangrove as well. She told them to paint their faces and bodies and dress them as people of the Mangrove, and have them speak to the trees and care for them as if they were members of their family as the mangrove people did. Two thirds of them refused, and were killed by the mangrove people.

It was time for Mother Mangrove to retreat with her people into safety as she knew that staying in this world would leave them indefensible to colonialism and outside powers wishing to exploit their kindness, so she grew her roots over the islands like a dome, and sunk deep into the Earth until she reached the land of spirits. In the next world, the people of the mangrove continue living in abundance and peace.

Mother Mangrove is connected to the God of Harmony and continues to serve as a mayoral deity to the mangrove people who now reside in the underworld. Their city can be visited and is made of large trees that have hollowed themselves out to provide shelter to the people. Some also live in the treetops where Mother Mangrove has created bridges and floors from roots and branches for them to walk on. The most notable features of the mangrove people are their complex red body paint which always reflects their personalities and their roles within the tribe. They are great at anything relating to plants or animals, and are known to breed animals.