Mangarevan narrative

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• Tu, principal god
  • Atu-motua
  • Atu-moana
  • Atea-Tangaroa
• Maui
  , among the principal gods
• Tagaroa, among the principal gods
• Tangaroa-Hurupapa, probably synonymous with Tagaroa
• Oro, among the principal gods^[citation needed]
• Tairi
• Mamaru
• Ari
• Rogo, rain deity
• Toa-miru, goddess of childbirth
• Hina, a savage goddess
• Raka, god of the winds
• Huruamanu and Paparigakura mentioned as kindly gods living at Hapai
• Rao and Tupo were gods of turmeric
• Toa-hakanorenore, goddess incarnate in an eel
• Toa-huehuekaha, goddess appearing in soiled clothing
• Rekareka, god of pleasure
• Ru-te-ragi, god of the stars
• Makuputu, the god of the souls of deceased mortals
• Haumea, consort of Tagaroa
• Tiki, The first man
• Mauike, fire goddess
• Poaru, the underworld
• Po-porutu and pouaru, the heaven of happiness
• Po-garepurepu and po-kine, the heaven of darkness, of fear and dread

See also

• Polynesian narrative
• Ghosts in Polynesian culture

References

• Edward Tregear, Royal Society of New Zealand (1899). A Dictionary of Mangareva (or Gambier Islands). J. Mackay, Govt. Print. Off.
• R. D. Craig (1989). Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology. New York: Greenwood Press.
• Peter Henry Buck (1938). Ethnology of Mangareva. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. Vol. 157.
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• Peter Henry Buck (1964). "15. On the Trail of the Rising Sun". Vikings of the Sunrise. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited.
• S. Percy Smith (1918). "Notes on the Mangareva, or Gambier group of islands, eastern Polynesia". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 27. Polynesian Society: 115–131.
• Vincent Ferrier Janeau (1908). Essai de grammaire de la langue des îles Gambier, ou Mangaréva. Impr. Zech.