Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Timaiti-Ngava-Rimngvari" | Polynesia | Primordial female principle being Polynesia / Hervey Is. |
"Timatekore" | Polynesia | Primordial male principle of being. Polynesia |
"Timatekore (nothing more)" | Polynesian / Hervey Islands | Primordial being. The male principle which, with TIMAITI-NGAVA RINGAVARI, engendered the earth mother PAPATUANUKU.... |
God name "Tinirau" | Polynesia | God of the ocean Polynesia |
God name "Tinirau (innumerable)" | Polynesian / Hervey Islands | Fish god. The second offspring of the great mother VARI-MA-TETAKERE and the younger sibling of AVATEA. He is said to live in the coconut of the world on a sacred isle called Motu-Tapu immediately below the home of Avatea and to own ponds full of all kinds of fish. He is depicted as half man (right side) and half fish (left side) in the form of a sprat.... |
God name "Tino Taata" | Polynesian / Society Islands | Creator god. Probably regarded as the tutelary deity who engendered mankind and equating therefore to the more widely recognized Polynesian god TANGAROA.... |
Goddess name "Touia Fatuna" | Tonga / Polynesia | The earth goddess, the deification of the rock deep in the earth that rumbles & gives birth to new land |
Goddess name "Touia Fatuna (iron stone)" | Polynesian / Tonga | earth goddess. The daughter of Kele (slime) and Limu (seaweed), she is the apotheosis of rock deep in the earth and is periodically in labor, at which time she rumbles and shakes and produces children.... |
Goddess name "Touia Fatuna Tonga" | Polynesia | Goddess of the earth, the deification of the rock deep in the earth who rumbles and gives birth to new land Polynesia |
God name "Tu (2)" | Polynesian | Primordial god. One of three elements, with TANE and LONO, who existed in chaos and night which they broke into pieces, allowing day to come in. Tu represents stability. He is also regarded as a war god. Also KU (Hawaiian).... |
God name "Tu-Metua (stick-by-parent)" | Polynesian / Hervey Islands | God. The sixth child of VARI-MA-TE-TAKERE, the primordial mother. Torn from her right side, he stays with her in the confined space at the bottom of the world coconut and lives in endless silence.... |
God name "Tumatauenga" | Polynesia | God of war who was given charge over mankind. Polynesia |
God name "Tumatauenga" | Polynesian / including Maori | God of war. One of the children of the prime parents RANGINUI and PAPATUANUKU, he proposed the slaughter of his parents when it was decided to separate them as sky and earth. He was subsequently given charge over mankind (tangata), which he imbued with his lust for the warfare and violence that was a characteristic part of Maori culture. Also Kumatauenga (Hawaiian).... |
Goddess name "Tumuteanaoa (echo)" | Polynesian / Hervey Islands | Goddess. The fourth child of VARI-MA-TE-TAKERE, the primordial mother. Torn from her right side, Tumuteanaoa lives in Te-Parai-Tea (hollow gray rocks) below the home of the god TANGO.... |
God name "Turi a faumea" | Polynesian | A god of fishing & reptiles |
Demon name "Turi-A-Faumea" | Polynesia | Turi-A-Faumea's wife Hina-Arau-Riki (or Hina-A-Rauriki) was kidnapped by the octopus-demon Rogo-Tumu-Here. Faumea helped Tangaroa and their sons rescue Hina by withdrawing the opposing winds into the sweat of her armpit and then releasing them to power the heroes' canoes. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Uli" | Polynesia | A Forest goddess who also dabbles in sorcery. Polynesia |
God name "Valevalenoa" | Polynesia | God of space and the son of tangaloa-the-explorer-of-lands and the queen of earth. Samoa, Polynesia |