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.
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)
Names and tradition associations
- Tonga-iti William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 10–11,25–28 (primary)
Powers
- Speak through Papaaunuku
Relations
- father: Tangiia-nui (the Founding Navigator)William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 25–26 (primary)
- priest: PapaaunukuWilliam Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 27 (primary)
Sources
- 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.: William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 25–28 (primary)