Iku
Manihiki · mortal · mythic · Recorded classification
Iku is a fisherman from Rarotonga who knows the stars and discovers submerged Manihiki. After Maui raises the island, Iku disputes it with him and brings his sister Tapairu and her husband Toa to settle there.
Relations
- sibling: TapairuWilliam Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 74–75 (primary)
- rival: Maui the ThirdWilliam Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 71–74 (primary)
Sources
- Iku is a fisherman from Rarotonga who knows the stars and discovers submerged Manihiki. After Maui raises the island, Iku disputes it with him and brings his sister Tapairu and her husband Toa to settle there.: William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 71–75 (primary)