Explore Mythology of the Polynesian islands

According to the Maori people of New Zealand, Rangi was the Sky Father and his wife was the ...
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Tangaroa was one of the children of the Sky Father, Rangi, and Mother Earth,Papa. He was the ...
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Tawhiri was very angry with his brothers. They disagreed about whether their parents, Rangi ...
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Rona was the daughter of the sea god Tangaroa. She was the Tide Controller. One night she ...
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According to the Maori people of New Zealand, Rangi was the Sky Father and his wife was the ...
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Pele is a fire goddess according to the people of Hawaii. She is a savage and wrathful divinity ...
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Haumea was the goddess of childbirth in Hawaiian mythology. One of her children was the volcano ...
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Maui was a hero of Polynesian mythology. For Maui and his mother the days were too short. For ...
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Makemake was the creator of humanity and the god of fertility in the mythology of the South ...
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