Kereteki
Mangaian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Kereteki, a son of Tangiia, kills his brothers Motoro and Ruanuku. He establishes Motoro’s marae and is himself worshipped after death.
Parentage
Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.
No parents recorded in the default.
Parentage accounts
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- Son of the Rarotongan chief (Gill)
deity by descent in this account.
- father: Tangiia-nui (the Founding Navigator)William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 25–26 (primary)
Relations
- father: Tangiia-nui (the Founding Navigator)William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 25–26 (primary)
Sources
- Kereteki, a son of Tangiia, kills his brothers Motoro and Ruanuku. He establishes Motoro’s marae and is himself worshipped after death.: William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 25–28 (primary)