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Vatea

deity sky Cook Islands mythology single tradition · 5

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #1441 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 5 sources

When

First attested
1790 CE
Attested period
1790 – 2020
Historical notes
Mentioned in a dramatic song of creation circa 1790.

Relationships

parent of
Tangaroa, Rongo
sibling of
Raka, Tinirau, Tango, Tumu-te-ana-oa, Tu-metua
co occurs with
Dyaúṣ-pitṛ, Pṛthvī-mātṛ, Gæa, Wākea, Uranus, Anu, Geb, Nut, Ki, Atea, Māui, Rangi
consort of
Papa
child of
Varima-te-takere

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (5)
  1. Avatea
  2. Varima-te-takere
  3. Rangi and Papa
  4. Tangaroa
  5. Wākea

Source passages

“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”

#31458 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Vatea, husband of Papa, father of gods and men in Mangaia, Cook Islands”

#31682 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“In Mangaia, Tangaroa is a child of Vatea (daylight) and Papa (foundation)”

#31787 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Vatea, a god from Mangaia in the Cook Islands”

#32650 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001