Religion:Tahiti-tokerau

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Short description: Water-nymph in the mythology of the Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia

In the Tuamotu Rata cycle, Tahiti-tokerau was a water-nymph whom Vahi-vero marries. She was abducted by Puna, king of the underworld and rescued by her husband. They then become parents of Rata.

See also

  • Rata (Tuamotu mythology)
  • Rātā (Māori mythology)
  • Laka (Hawaiian and other Polynesian mythology)

References

  • R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989), 251;
  • J.F. Stimson, Tuamotuan Legends: Island of Anaa (Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Press, 1937), 96-100.