Raka
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #1266 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Rigveda.
Relationships
- consort of
- Dhata
- co occurs with
- Vāc, Aranyani, Dinsana, Puramdhi, Parendi, Bharati, Mahi, Sri, Ra‘a, La'a Maomao, Fa'atiu, Raka-maomao, Laʻamaomao, Aditi, Prithvi, Agni, Indra, Soma, Vishnu, Deva, devi, Saraswati, Rudra, Nirṛti, Savitr, Prajapati, Ratri, Uṣas, Tāwhirimātea, Ashura
- syncretized with
- Raka-maomao
- child of
- Varima-te-takere
Mentioned by
- Aditi
- Prithvi
- Agni
- Indra
- Soma
- Vishnu
- Deva
- devi
- Saraswati
- Rudra
- Nirṛti
- Savitr
- Prajapati
- Ratri
- Uṣas
- Tāwhirimātea
and 2 more
Sources
Source passages
“The Vedas describes a number of significant Devis such as Ushas (dawn), Prithvi (earth), Aditi (cosmic moral order), Saraswati (river, knowledge), Vāc (sound), Nirṛti (destruction), Ratri (night), Aranyani (forest), and bounty goddesses such as Dinsana, Raka, Puramdhi, Parendi, Bharati, Mahi, among others, mentioned in the Rigveda.”
#22179 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“These six are the primary gods of the universe. Yet no marae or image was ever sacred to them, nor was any offering made to them. These gods are: Vatea (or Avatea), the father of gods and men; Tinirau, lord of the seas; Tango, lord of the birds; Tumu-te-ana-oa, an echo of the rocks; Raka, lord of the winds”
#31462 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Raka-maomao is equivalent to Raka (Cook Islands)”
#31635 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The female gender of the wind deity in the Paka‘a story seems to be a Hawaiian development as the wind deity in other Polynesian traditions is male (Ra‘a—Society Islands, Raka—Cook Islands, Raka-maomao—New Zealand).”
#32573 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001