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Tiki Makiʻi Tauʻa Pepe (foreground) and Tiki Manuiotaa (background) from the meʻae Iʻipona on Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands. Polynesian mythology encompasses the oral traditions of the people of Polynesia (a grouping of Central and South Pacific Ocean island archipelagos in the Polynesian Triangle) together with those of the scattered cultures known as the Polynesian outliers.
Polynesian oral traditions say that the spirits of Polynesian people return to Hawaiki after death. In the New Zealand context, such return-journeys take place via Spirits Bay, Cape Reinga and the Three Kings Islands at the extreme north of the North Island of New Zealand. This may indicate the direction in which Hawaiki may lie. [citation needed]
Haʻamonga ʻa Maui ("The Burden of Maui") is a stone trilithon located in Tonga, on the eastern part of the island of Tongatapu, in the village of Niutōua, in Heketā.It was built in the 13th century by King Tuʻitātui in honor of his two sons. [1]
In Māori mythology, as in other Polynesian traditions, Māui is a culture hero and a trickster, famous for his exploits and cleverness. Māori names of Māui include Māui-tikitiki ("Māui the top-knot"), Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga ("Māui the top-knot of Taranga"), Māui-pōtiki ("Māui the last born"), and Māui te whare kino ("Māui the house of trouble").
Tahiti and Society Islands mythology comprises the legends, historical tales, and sayings of the ancient people of the Society Islands, consisting of Tahiti, Bora Bora, Raiatea, Huahine, Moorea and other islands. It is considered a variant of a more general Polynesian mythology, developing its
Maui (mythology) (1 C, 5 P) R. Rapa Nui gods (3 P) T. Tahiti and Society Islands gods (6 P) Pages in category "Polynesian gods" The following 23 pages are in this ...
Characters in Polynesian mythology (3 C) Cook Islands mythology (1 C, 10 P) H. Hawaiian mythology (4 C, 29 P) M. Mangarevan mythology (3 P) Māori mythology (6 C, 106 P)
Bathymetric map of main Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiian archipelago is 2,000 mi ... Polynesian mythology is the oral traditions of the people of Polynesia, ...