Karika (the Co-Founding Chief)
Rarotongan · mortal · Rarotongan traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Karika, remembered as a chief from Manuʻa in Samoa, is the co-founder of Rarotonga whose meeting and pact with Tangiia at sea established the two senior ariki titles of the island.
Domains
- founding navigation
Powers
- to help settle and divide Rarotonga
Relations
- ally: Tangiia-nui (the Founding Navigator)Tangiia and Karika met at sea, made peace, and jointly divided and settled Rarotonga.Te Ariki-tara-are, 'History and Traditions of Rarotonga', trans. S. Percy Smith, Journal of the Polynesian Society 8-29 (1899-1920). (secondary)
Sources
- Karika is the Samoan-derived co-founding navigator-chief of Rarotonga, ally of Tangiia.: Te Ariki-tara-are, 'History and Traditions of Rarotonga', trans. S. Percy Smith, Journal of the Polynesian Society 8-29 (1899-1920). (secondary); Robert D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (New York: Greenwood Press, 1989). (secondary)