Motoro

Motoro, fourth son of the Rarotongan chief Tangiia, is thrown into the sea by Ruanuku and Kereteki and dies. His spirit reaches Mangaia on hibiscus wood and possesses Papaaunuku. Kereteki establishes his marae.

Powers

• Speak through Papaaunuku

Relations

• father: Tangiia-nui (the Founding Navigator)
• priest: Papaaunuku

Sources

• William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 25–28