Rapa Nui mythology, also known as Pascuense mythology or Easter Island mythology, refers to the native myths, legends, and beliefs of the Rapa Nui people...

The Rapa Nui (Rapa Nui: [ˈɾapa ˈnu.i], Spanish: [ˈrapa ˈnu.i]) are the indigenous Polynesian peoples of Easter Island. The easternmost Polynesian culture...

Makemake (also written as Make-make; pronounced [ˈmakeˈmake] in Rapa Nui) in the Rapa Nui mythology of Easter Island is the creator of humanity, the god of fertility...

Rapa Nui language, the indigenous language of Easter Island Rapa Nui mythology, the mythology of the indigenous inhabitants of Easter Island Rapa Nui...

MOH-eye; Spanish: moái; Rapa Nui: moʻai, lit. 'statue') are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in eastern...

2011) grandson of Simeon Riro Kāinga. Hotu Matu'a King Nga'ara Rapa Nui Rapa Nui mythology Carlos Mordo, Easter Island (Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly Books...

on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to collect the first sooty tern (manu tara) egg of the season from the nearby islet of Motu Nui, swim back to Rapa Nui, and...

Easter Island (Spanish: Isla de Pascua [ˈisla ðe ˈpaskwa]; Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific...

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most important sources are: Indigenous: Mapuche mythology Rapa Nui mythology Others: Chilote mythology City of the Caesars Alicanto Marcela Donoso, a Chilean...

Malagasy mythology Māori mythology Motoro 'Oro Rapa Nui mythology (Easter Island) Samoan mythology Sina and the Eel Tahiti and Society Islands mythology Tongan...

rain Bunbulama, in Yolngu mythology Wandjina Wollunqua Lono, who was also a fertility god Hiro, god of rain in Rapa Nui mythology. McVeigh, Malcolm J. (1974)...

'Spirit'), also known as Aku, Akuaku or Varua, are humanoid spirits in Rapa Nui mythology of the Easter Island. Aku-Aku are spirits of the dead, but they are...

in mythology. One example is the legend Sina and the Eel which is associated with the Mata o le Alelo pool on the island of Savai'i. In Rapa Nui mythology...

(also called Rapa Nui), located in the mid-Pacific Ocean, was, for most of its history, one of the most isolated. Its inhabitants, the Rapa Nui, have endured...

Orongo (Rapa Nui: Oroŋo) is a stone village and ceremonial center at the southwestern tip of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). It consists of a collection of...

arrival of the Paramount Chief and his people Rapa Nui mythology Rapa Nui Easter Island History Rapa Nui people Carlos Mordo, Easter Island (Willowdale...

Rapa Nui mythology. According to the old story, Uoke was able to lift and sink into the sea large lands, using a huge lever. The legend says Rapa Nui...

a statue from Easter Island. It was taken from Orongo, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in 1868 by the crew of a British ship and is now in the British Museum...

Rongorongo (/ˈrɒŋɡoʊˈrɒŋɡoʊ/; Rapa Nui: roŋoroŋo [ˈɾoŋoˈɾoŋo]) is a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th century on Easter Island. It is not yet known...

and Short Ears is the central element in the plot of the 1994 epic film Rapa Nui, in which the two groups are depicted as a ruling elite (Long Ears) and...

In July 2008, it was named after Makemake, a creator god in the Rapa Nui mythology of Easter Island, under the expectation by the International Astronomical...

Chilean mythology is the mythology and beliefs of the Folklore of Chile. This includes Chilote mythology, Rapa Nui mythology and Mapuche mythology. Chile's...

Manana Take was a goddess in the Rapa Nui mythology, the original religion on Easter island. She was the consort of Era Nuku, the god of the feathers and...

has not been recorded from the languages of Western Polynesia or in the Rapa Nui language. In Hawaiian traditions the first man was Kumuhonua. He was made...

(reflection), an essential Hindu ritual Manana Take, a goddess in the Rapa Nui mythology Manama, the capital of Bahrain Mañana (disambiguation) This disambiguation...

prominent variants also found in Māori mythology, Samoan mythology, and Hawaiian religion. The creation chant of the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island refers to...

Sámi mythology Oceanic contexts: Makemake, creator of humanity, the god of fertility and the chief god of the "Tangata manu" or "bird-man" cult of Rapa Nui...

ceremonial purposes; and in some cases, a central stone ahu or a'u. In the Rapa Nui culture of Easter Island, the term ahu has become a synonym for the whole...

southeastern Easter Island that takes its name from a local clan. Located in Rapa Nui National Park, the area includes Rano Raraku crater, the Ahu Tongariki...