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Tagaro

deity earth Melanesian single tradition · 2

A legendary figure featured in the Melanesian cultures of northeastern Vanuatu. In the beliefs of northern Pentecost, Tagaro appears as a destructive trickster, while in other areas he is an eternal creator figure. Names cognate with Tagaro are applied nowadays to God in Christianity.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

Historical notes
Names cognate with Tagaro are applied to God in contemporary Christianity in the region.

Relationships

syncretized with
God
co occurs with
Qasavara, Vinmara, Ro-Lei, Marawa
sibling of
Qat
cognate of
God

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Tangaroa
  2. Qat (deity)

Source passages

“A legendary figure named Tagaro is also featured in the Melanesian cultures of northeastern Vanuatu. In the beliefs of northern Pentecost, Tagaro appears as a destructive trickster, while in other areas, he is an eternal creator figure”

#31802 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“He has eleven brothers, all called Tagaro [taɣaro] (Tagaro the Foolish, Tagaro the Wise, etc.)...by the arts of his hostile brothers, the tree grew higher and higher”

#32201 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5