Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Haronga" | Maori | A sky god and the father of Ra the Sun and Marama the moon. Maori |
God name "Ina" | Polynesia | A lunar deity daughter of Kui or Vaitere, who kept an eel in a jar, but it soon grew into the eel-god, Tuna, who tried to rape her. The people of Upolo rescued her and sentenced him to death. At his request, she buried his head in the sand and from it grew the first coconut. Ina is married to Marama, the god of the night. She lives in the sky during the daytime when her husband is not visible. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Marama" | Maori | Goddess of the moon Polynesia / Maori |
Goddess name "Marama" | Polynesian / Maori | moon goddess. She equates with the Tahitian goddess HINA, daughter of TANGAROA. Tradition has it that her body wastes away with each lunar cycle but is restored when she bathes in the sea from which all life springs.... |
God name "Maramalik" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Chthonic underworld god. No details known.... |