• Ta'aroa is the supreme creator god in the mythology of the Society Islands of French Polynesia. While the use of the ʻeta is appropriate given the pronunciation...
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    Johanna Marau Taʻaroa a Tepau Salmon (24 April 1860 – 2 February 1935) was the last Queen of Tahiti as the wife of King Pōmare V, who ruled from 1877...
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    their origins in terms of an orally transmitted story. The feathered god Ta'aroa lay in his shell. He called out but no-one answered, so he went back into...
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    abandoned by the natives in favor of Christianity. Fati Ro'o-i-Te-Hiripoi Ta'aroa Taonoui Tumu-nui Māui (Tahitian mythology) Roua Rata (Tahitian mythology)...
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  • paramount deity in the Samoa pantheon bears similarities to the position of Ta'aroa in Tahiti and Io Matua Kore in New Zealand. The arrival of missionaries...
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    Land Economics. 38 (1): 71–75. doi:10.2307/3144728. JSTOR 3144728. Marauh Taʻaroa and Henry Adams (1901) Memoirs of Arii Taimai. Ch. I Archived 6 December...
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  • by Professor Friedrich Ratzel in 1896 gave a picture of Tahitian god Taʻaroa's all-pervading power. In Hawaiʻi the god of ocean, healing, and long travels...
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  • In Hawaiʻi as Kanaloa, symbolized by the squid or heʻe. In Tahiti as Ta'aroa. In Marquesas Islands, as Tanaʻoa or Takaʻoa. In Aotearoa as Tangaroa god...
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  • Māori god of the sea. Tagaloa Samoan mythology Tangaloa Tongan mythology Taʻaroa Tahitian mythology Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, a monstrous octopus in NZ Māori...
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    divorced her on 5 August 1861. His second marriage was to Joanna Marau-Ta'aroa Te-pa'u Salmon (thereafter known as Her Majesty The Queen Marau of Tahiti)...
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    all Tahitians descended from the union of the ancient deities Hina and Ta'aroa. Danielsson thought the painting a farewell portrait, depicting Teha'amana...
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  • are trying to force the Bora Borans to give up their old gods, Tāne and Ta'aroa, and start worshiping 'Oro, the fire god, who constantly demands human...
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  • and produces the first humans from Gold. In some Polynesian traditions, Ta'aroa is a primordial deity who emerges from the cosmic egg and creates the world...
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    Taimai, and they married. Their daughter, Salmon's sister, Johanna Marau Ta'aroa (1846–1934), married her uncle, the future King Pōmare V, and was de facto...
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    divorced her on 5 August 1861. His second marriage was to Joanna Mara'u-Ta'aroa Te-pa'u Salmon (thereafter known as Her Majesty The Queen Marau of Tahiti)...
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    1769 Transit of Venus observed from Tahiti and Moʻorea. At Moʻorea, where Taʻaroa was chief, Cook first landed in ʻŌpūnohu Bay, Cook's Bay was later named...
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    called Te Po, where the gods reside. The original marae was dedicated to Ta'aroa (the supreme creator), although eventually the worship of 'Oro (the god...
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    name Mahui.: 317  Four main gods were venerated on the Society Islands: Taʻaroa, originally the god of the sea and fishing, Tane, god of the forest and...
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  • Ta'aroa Manahune Tetuaehuri i Taiarapu Teu Ariʻi of Pare-Arue Ariʻi of the Porionuʻu Tetupaia i Hauiri of the Tamatoa Dynasty of Raiatea Teihotu i Ahurai...
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  • 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...
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    identification of the figure as Ta'aroa. The name "A'a" is not otherwise known in Polynesian cosmology, but Ta'aroa was a Polynesian creator-god, though...
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  • Tongans and Samoans Tagaloa, and the peoples of the Society Islands call Ta'aroa. A native poetic definition of the Creator relates: "He was; Taaroa was...
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  • Pōmare IV (r. 1827–1877) Tenaniʻa Ariʻifaʻaite 10 January 1820 6 August 1873 Johanna Marau Taʻaroa 24 April 1860 4 February 1935 Pōmare V (r. 1877–1880)...
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    Ta'aroa Manahune Tetuaehuri i Taiarapu Teu Ariʻi of Pare-Arue Ariʻi of the Porionuʻu Tetupaia i Hauiri of the Tamatoa Dynasty of Raiatea Teihotu i Ahurai...
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    Ta'aroa Manahune Tetuaehuri i Taiarapu Teu Ariʻi of Pare-Arue Ariʻi of the Porionuʻu Tetupaia i Hauiri of the Tamatoa Dynasty of Raiatea Teihotu i Ahurai...
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  • Huahine 17. The Hon. Chiefess Te-tu-ave-roa of Huahine 4. The Hon. Chief Ta'aroa-ri'i of Huahine 18. The Hon. Chief of Fareihi 9. The Hon. Chiefess Tao'a...
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  • (mythology) Kiho-tumu Mataaho Tagaloa paramount deity in Samoan mythology Taʻaroa paramount deity in Tahitian mythology Moorfield, John C. "Io". Māori Dictionary...
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  • people of Siberia) Taaroa 16°30′N 95°30′W / 16.5°N 95.5°W / 16.5; -95.5 Ta'aroa (Hawaiian) Tane 12°30′S 57°24′W / 12.5°S 57.4°W / -12.5; -57.4 Tāne...
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    Michael's Cathedral, Rikitea Stade Hamuta Stade Pater Te Hono Nui Ta'a Oa Ta'aroa Taenga Taha'a Tahanea Taha Uku Tahiti Tahiti at the 2011 Pacific Games...
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    Huahine 17. The Hon. Chiefess Te-tu-ave-roa of Huahine 4. The Hon. Chief Ta'aroa-ri'i of Huahine 18. The Hon. Chief of Fareihi 9. The Hon. Chiefess Tao'a...
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