In the Polynesian mythology mythology of Mangaia , Cook Islands , Vatea is father to gods and men. His mother is Varima te takere , who lives deep in Avaiki, the underworld. She plucks off a piece from her right side and it becomes Vatea or Avatea. A beautiful woman visits Vatea in his dreams, and he is certain that she ascends from the underworld to his side, but when he wakes he can never find her. He strews scraped coconut about, and, at last, watchers see a slender hand reach for the delicious food. Vatea catches her and discovers that her name is Papa, and marries her. Tangaroa and Rongo are their twin sons. Rongo s wife bears a daughter named Tavake. Tavake gives birth to Rangi, Mokoiro, and to Akatauira. Rangi pulls up Mangaia from the underworld, and becomes the first king of the island. His wife s name is Te po tatango Tregear 1891 392 . See also Atea , god of light in the Marquesas Wakea , a god from Hawaii Rangi and Papa , primordial parents in M ori mythology M ori tradition References E.R. Tregear, M ori Polynesian Comparative Dictionary Lyon and Blair Lambton Quay , 1891. Category Legendary progenitors Category Mangaia mythology Oceania myth stub CookIslands stub ... more details
In the Polynesian mythology mythology of Mangaia , Cook Islands , Varima te takere lives in the lowest levels of Avaiki, the underworld. She plucks off a piece from her right side and it becomes the future father of gods and men, who is called Vatea Tregear 1891 392 . References E.R. Tregear, Maori Polynesian Comparative Dictionary Lyon and Blair Lambton Quay , 1891. Oceania myth stub CookIslands stub Category Mangaia mythology ... more details
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Image Grey Nurse Shark silhouette at Fish Rock Cave, NSW.jpg right thumb 200px Tinirau is a guardian of the sharks and fishes. In Polynesian mythology , stories about Tinirau are found throughout the island s of Polynesia . He is a guardian of fish . Many themes recur in the various versions. Often he travels to another land in search of his wife, or his wife travels to another land in search of him sometimes he treats his wife badly, or she rejects him while he is guardian of fish, it is his wife who gives the fish their individual characteristics. Sometimes their anxious or jealous relatives try to separate the lovers Tremewan 2002 120 . In some traditions, he has a dual nature one destructive as the guardian of shark s, and one a kind, handsome male youth in others, his right side is human and his left side is a fish. Alternate names in the various Polynesian languages include Kinilau , Sinilau , Tigilau , and Tinilau . See also Kinilau Hawai okina i Tinilau Samoa, stories with okina Ae, and stories with Sina. Kae and Longopoa Sinilau Tonga, featuring in the story of Kae and Longopoa . Sangone S ngone , with Lekapai another person like Kae. Tinirau and Kae Tinirau M ori, featuring in the story of Kae. In Mangaia Cook Islands , Tinirau is the child of the goddess Varima te takere , born in Avaiki as a piece of flesh torn from his mother s side. He is half fish. Motutapu is given to him as his inheritance. He is guardian of all fish. Tumetua, Vatea, and others are his brothers Tregear 1891 513 . References E.R. Tregear, Maori Polynesian Comparative Dictionary Lyon and Blair Lambton Quay, Wellington , 1891. C. Tremewan, Traditional Stories from Southern New Zealand He K rero n Te Wai Pounamu Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies Christchurch , 2002. Category Polynesian mythology multi region Category Sea and river gods Category Mangaia mythology Oceania myth stub sv Tinarau bs Tinirau ... more details
Image Avaiki, Niue.jpg thumb 250px A present day Avaiki, this one located in Niue Avaiki is one of the many entities by which the people of Polynesia refer to their ancestral and spiritual homelands. Samoa, Hawaii, Cook Islands By no means certain, but certainly possible, is an origin in the large islands of Samoa , namely Savaii . Variants include, in order of migration, Havaii , the old name for Raiatea in French Polynesia the far better known Hawaii in the United States , Avaiki in the Cook Islands and Niue and Hawaiki in Aotearoa , New Zealand . There are endless local variants. In the Cook Islands, for example, on the capital island of Rarotonga , northern facing volcanic rocks, tumbling onto the shore millennia ago and still set in place, are well known as the ancient departure point for souls bound for Avaiki the afterworld or heaven. In fact each island, vaka or ngati family line has its own Avaiki or interpretation of it. For instance it would be somewhere in the manu a islands group American Samoa for the Ngati Karika Te au o Tonga tribe Rarotonga . ref Ko te papa ariki teia mei Avaiki mai, mei roto ia papa Genealogies and Historical Notes from Rarotonga, Part 1. Journal of the Polynesian Society vol 1. p. 64 75, 1892 ref For the Ngati Tangi ia Takitumu tribe Rarotonga , it would be at Tahiti . Others locate Avaiki at Raiatea ... Mythology In the Polynesian mythology mythology of Mangaia Cook Islands , Avaiki is the underworld or netherworld . It is described like a hollow of a vast coconut shell. Varima te takere , the mother of Vatea , lives in the lowest depths of the interior of this coconut shell Tregear 1891 392 . ref E.R. Tregear, Maori Polynesian Comparative Dictionary Lyon and Blair Lambton Quay , 1891. ref Nevertheless the famous maori anthropologist Te Rangi H roa Peter Buck , gives a less mystical interpretation of this mangaian Avaiki. According to him, when Tangi ia came to Rarotonga from Tahiti, he brought with him some rankless manahune ref ... more details
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