The Arioi or Areoi were a secret religious order of the Society Islands, particularly the island of Tahiti, with a hierarchical structure, esoteric salvation...

tangible symbol of the chief's power. Key followers of the 'Oro cult were the 'arioi, who lived separately from the common people. They wore scented flowers...

Tahiti, ʻOro was the main deity and the god of war. The secret society of Arioi was closely linked because of its rites. On the Marquesas Islands, ʻOro...

Tupia; c. 1725 – 20 December 1770) was a Tahitian Polynesian navigator and arioi (a kind of priest), originally from the island of Ra'iatea in the Pacific...

different marae were subsidiary to that of Taputapuatea. Around him the Arioi sect was formed, a religious, aristocratic, warlike and festive mixture...

Iranian appears in ancient texts with diverse variations. This includes Arioi (Herodotus), Arianē (Eratosthenes apud Strabo), áreion (Eudemus of Rhodes...

ʻōteʻa dance and the couple's 'upaʻupa. Professional dance troupes called ʻarioi were common, and they moved around the various islands and communities dancing...

Sramana Thracian religion Umbrian religion Marsi religion Urartu religion Arioi Balinese religion Baltic Finnic paganism Estonian shamanism Finnish shamanism...

Indologist Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, who rightly compared the Greek arioi with the Avestan airya and the country name Iran. A German translation of...

forgotten culture and religion. Gauguin was fascinated by the accounts of Arioi society and their god 'Oro. Because these accounts contained no illustrations...

the names of 72 and 55 islands respectively as recited by the Tahitian arioi, Tupaia. Many of these were "non-geographic" or "ghost islands" of Polynesian...

Iranian appears in ancient texts with diverse variations. This includes Arioi (Herodotus), Arianē (Eratosthenes apud Strabo), áreion (Eudemus of Rhodes...

member was Taiata, the 12 year old nephew or servant of Tupaia, the Tahitian arioi who served as the Endeavour's interpreter and guide. Cook's journal states...

Medes. Herodotus reports that, in the past, the Medes used to be called Arioi, i.e., Aryas. He also names the Arizantoi as one of the six tribes composing...

powerful percussion. This trend is confirmed in the next two albums. With "Arioi" and the albums that follow, Angelo returns to softer melodies. "l'été tahitien...

died in Wiesbaden, Germany on 11 May 1988. Die geheime Gesellschaft der Arioi: eine Studie über polynesische Geheimbünde, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung...

Polynesia in 1939. She began dancing at the age of sixteen, with the group 'Arioi, led by Mémé de Montluc, then with Heiva, led by Madeleine Moua. After a...

again, and there are various incidents involving theft. They encounter the arioi, a venerated religious order of people who remain childless by killing their...

areei Stone & Philip, 1974 Haematopota argentipes Oldroyd, 1952 Haematopota arioi Dias, 1960 Haematopota arrabidaensis Dias, 1985 Haematopota assamensis Ricardo...

his first wife Tetua remained childless since both were followers of the Arioi, a religious order that worshipped 'Oro and practiced infanticide. Tetua...