Akaotu
Mangaian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Akaotu is Tane’s red pigeon. Maui borrows the bird, enters its body and travels into Avaiki to obtain fire.
Relations
- companion: MauiW. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 52–57 (primary)
Sources
- Akaotu is Tane’s red pigeon. Maui borrows the bird, enters its body and travels into Avaiki to obtain fire.: W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 52–57 (primary)