Makemake
In the Rapa Nui mythology of Easter Island, Makemake is the creator of humanity, the god of fertility and the chief god of the "Tangata manu" or bird-man sect. This sect succeeded the island's more famous Moai era. He appeared to be the local form, or name, of the old Polynesian god Tane.
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When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Haua-tuꞌu-take-take, vîꞌe Hoa, vîꞌe Kenatea
- syncretized with
- Tāne
- parent of
- Tive, Rorai, Hova, Arangi-kote-kote
- allied with
- Haua
Sources
Source passages
“carved to represent the god Makemake, traded with the crew of Captain Cook's ship, transported to Tahiti, probably traded by the Tahitians and eventually ending up in the auction.”
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“Haua () or Haua tuꞌu taketake, also known as the 'Chief of the eggs', was the companion of the creator god Makemake of Easter Island. Little is known of him, or of any aspects of indigenous religion on the island, but prayers said before eating were made to the two of them.”
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