The Tangata manu ("bird-man," from tangata "human beings" + manu "bird") was the winner of a traditional ritual competition on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)...

before them, with their backs toward the spirit world in the sea. The Tangata manu or bird-man cult succeeded the island's Moai era when warfare erupted...

believed to be the first settler of Easter Island, and the Tangata manu. The Tangata manu is the mythology of the Birdman religion and cult which had...

islets have seabirds, but Motu Nui was also an essential location for the Tangata manu ("Bird Man") cult which was the island religion between the moai era...

creator of humanity, the god of fertility and the chief god of the "Tangata manu" or bird-man sect (this sect succeeded the island's more famous Moai...

1919 expedition, showed that the competitions for Bird Man (Rapa Nui: tangata manu) started around 1760, after the arrival of the first Europeans, and ended...

Orsolobidae Tangata whenua Tangata manu Adam Tangata (born 1991), Cook Islands professional rugby league footballer Tangata Vavia (born 1949) This disambiguation...

character on a BBC Scotland soap opera Manu (TV series), a 1991 French animated television series Tangata manu, the winner of a traditional competition...

pieces of wood, sometimes driftwood, but include a chieftain's staff, a tangata manu statuette, and two reimiro ornaments. There are also a few petroglyphs...

until its demise with the advent of the religion revolving around the tangata manu. Many archaeologists suggest that "[the] statues were thus symbols of...

Ariki ('chiefs, nobles'). A variant distinctively features four black Tangata manu ('bird-man') at each corner of the flag.[citation needed] The Te Reva...

motif is also that of the "birdman" figure, which is associated with the tangata manu cult of Makemake. The best-known rock art assemblage of Rapa Nui, however...

Hinduism, who can appear as part man and part bird.[citation needed] Tangata manu of Easter Island, often depicted as a frigate bird/human hybrid. The...

island called Motu Nui, an event that was used for an annual rite called Tangata manu. "Laridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved...

tangata manu ("birdman") ritual: whichever hopu (champion) could retrieve the first manutara egg from Motu Nui islet would become that year's tangata...

goatee, all also seen in the statue. Tukuturi is possibly related to the Tangata manu cult, in which case it would be one of the last moai ever made. It seems...

employed by hopu (clan champions) to reach offshore Motu Nui in the tangata manu (bird-man) competition. How the plant arrived on the island is not clear;...

Birdmen (Tangata manu) paintings in a cave at the foot of Rano Kau, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)....

creator of humanity, the god of fertility and the chief god of the "Tangata manu" or "bird-man" cult of Rapa Nui mythology. Ranginui, the Sky Father,...

Either side and above the ring on the maro are two facing birdmen (tangata manu), stylised human figures with beaked heads said to represent frigatebirds...

and leaders for a deity, such as in the Cult of Makemake, in which the Tangata manu of Easter Island served as chiefs or as attendants, as in the case of...

where islanders read from Rongorongo boards. Anakena featured in the Tangata manu or Birdman cult as in years when the new Birdman was from the western...

children as soldiers. "Oh Bring Back the Egg Unbroken" is about the Tangata manu competition of the inhabitants from Easter Island. "In Old Yellowcake"...

tern. This bird was considered sacred by the followers of the cult of Tangata manu. There are also images of boats, both Polynesian canoes and European...

were killed by sharks. The site has numerous petroglyphs, mainly of tangata manu (birdmen), which may have been carved to commemorate some of the winners...

warrior from artwork connected to the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex Tangata manu (literally "the bird-man"), the winner of a ritual competition on Easter...

unexceptional god, Make-make. In the cult of the birdman (Rapa Nui: tangata manu), a competition was established in which every year a representative...

have the same separating function. Barthel saw the sequence 380.1 as a tangata rongorongo (rongorongo expert) holding an inscribed staff like the Santiago...

(RR12) Honolulu beam V (RR13) Honolulu oar W (RR14) Honolulu fragment X (RR25) Tangata manu Y (RR5)  Paris snuffbox Z (T4)   Poike palimpsest – (–)    Raŋitoki fragment...

venerated by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island; carvings of the birdman Tangata manu depict him with the characteristic hooked beak and throat pouch. Its...