- In Cook
Islands mythology,
Avatea (also
known as
Vatea;
meaning 'noon' or 'light') was a
lunar deity and the
father of gods and men in
Mangaian myth of...
-
goddess feeding on raw taro At
appointed periods of worship! Thy mother,
Vatea, is self-existent. Vari was very
anxious for progeny. At
various times she...
- from a tree, and it
became the
first human being, the
first man
Avatea (or
Vatea). He
became the
father of gods and men,
having the
right half of a man and...
- mythology,
Rongo was the god of
agriculture and one of the
children of
Vatea (sky father) and Papa (earth mother). His twin
brother was Tangaroa, the...
-
mythology Ele'ele Kumu-Honua and Lalo-Honua
Marikoriko and Tiki Tu-Mea
Tonga Vatea and Papa
Philippine mythology Malakas (strong) and
Maganda (beautiful) Silalac...
-
Rangi and Paps Ur**** and Gæa, Gr****
deities similar to
Rangi and Papa
Vatea,
husband of Papa,
father of gods and men in Mangaia, Cook
Islands Wākea...
- are very po****r on the
island today. In Mangaia,
Tangaroa is a
child of
Vatea (daylight) and Papa (foundation) and the
younger twin
brother of Rongo....
- out from the left side of her body. Papa
married her brother, the sky god
Vatea. They had twin sons, the sea god
Tangaroa and the
vegetation god Rongo....
- 900 or 1000 AD.
According to oral tradition, the
island was
fished up by
Vatea,
using part of his
thigh as bait, and has been
inhabited since the time...
- is
given to him as his inheritance. He is
guardian of all fish. Tumetua,
Vatea, and
others are his
brothers (Tregear 1891:513).
Tinirau Arona (born 1989)...
