Ta'aroa
deity sky Tahiti single tradition · 3
Ta'aroa is the Tahitian variant name of Tangaloa, a deity found across Polynesian mythologies.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- Attested period
- 1830 – 2020
Relationships
- aspect of
- Tangaloa
- parent of
- Paparaharaha, Tumu-Nui
- creator of
- Tumu-Nui, Paparaharaha
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Tagaloa's role as paramount deity in the Samoa pantheon bears similarities to the position of Ta'aroa in Tahiti and Io Matua Kore in New Zealand.”
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“In Tahiti as Ta'aroa.”
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“In the creation myth of the Society Islands, Ta'aroa creates Tumu-nui and his wife Paparaharaha as foundations for the Earth. Ta'aroa commanded them to approach one another”
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