- The
Arioi or
Areoi were a
secret religious order of the
Society Islands,
particularly the
island of Tahiti, with a
hierarchical structure,
esoteric salvation...
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tangible symbol of the chief's power. Key
followers of the 'Oro cult were the '
arioi, who
lived separately from the
common people. They wore
scented flowers...
- Tahiti, ʻOro was the main
deity and the god of war. The
secret society of
Arioi was
closely linked because of its rites. On the
Marquesas Islands, ʻOro...
- Tupia; c. 1725 –
December 20, 1770) was a
Tahitian Polynesian navigator and
arioi (a kind of priest),
originally from the
island of Ra'iatea in the Pacific...
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Sramana Thracian religion Umbrian religion Marsi religion Urartu religion Arioi Balinese religion Baltic paganism Prussian paganism Latvian paganism Lithuanian...
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different marae were
subsidiary to that of Ta****puatea.
Around him the
Arioi sect was formed, a religious, aristocratic,
warlike and
festive mixture...
- ʻōteʻa
dance and the couple's 'upaʻupa.
Professional dance troupes called ʻarioi were common, and they
moved around the
various islands and
communities dancing...
-
Indologist Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, who
rightly compared the Gr****
arioi with the
Avestan airya and the
country name Iran. A
German translation of...
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forgotten culture and religion.
Gauguin was
fascinated by the
accounts of
Arioi society and
their god 'Oro.
Because these accounts contained no illustrations...
- mid-5th-century BCE
Herodotus (7.62)
mentions that the
Medes once
called themselves Arioi. The 1st
century BCE
Strabo cites the 3rd-century BCE
Eratosthenes for having...