Mangarevan narrative
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Mangarevan narrative (or Mangarevan mythology) comprises the legends, historical tales, and sayings of the ancient
Roman Catholicism
. The Mangarevan term for god was Etua.
Prominent figures and terms in Mangarevan narrative
- 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. Bernice P. Bishop Museum.
- 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.