Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Tāwhirimātea (Tāwhiri), the Māori god of weather and storms — the son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku who alone opposed the separation of his parents and made
Tū, the common short name of Tūmatauenga, the Māori god of war and humankind — the fierce son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku who stood alone against the
Papatūānuku (Papa), the primordial earth-goddess of Māori mythology — the great Earth Mother from whom all living things spring, parted in grief from the
Ranginui (Rangi), the primordial sky-god of Māori mythology — the great Sky Father locked in embrace with the earth-mother Papatūānuku until their
Tūmatauenga (Tū), the Māori god of war and humankind — the fierce son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku who stood alone against the storm-god Tāwhirimātea and
Discover Sina, the beloved heroine of Samoan and Polynesian myth — the maiden loved by an enchanted eel, from whose buried head grew the first coconut
Discover Mafui’e, the Samoan god of earthquakes and keeper of subterranean fire — the fierce one-armed deity of the underworld who lost an arm to the hero
Discover Nafanua, the great war-goddess and heroine of Samoan mythology — the mighty woman-warrior and daughter of the god of the dead who liberated the
Discover Tagaloa (Tagaloa-lagi), the supreme creator-god of Samoan mythology — the god of the heavens who made the islands, sea and humankind, divine
Discover the Adaro, the malevolent merman-like sea-spirit of the Solomon Islands and the Pacific — a part-fish being that rides rainbows and waterspouts
