Hiro
Tahitian · demigod · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Hiro is the East-Polynesian navigator-hero in his Society-Islands form — the half-divine culture-hero of Ra'iātea, master builder of the great pahi voyaging-canoes, slayer of sea-monsters and protector of seafarers, and proverbially the patron of thieves for his cunning. Henry's Ancient Tahiti gives him a wife, Vai-tu-marie, and a child, Marama ('Moonlight'). He is authored as a demigod of the late, voyaging mythic-prehistoric horizon.
Domains
- navigation and seafaring
- canoe building
- thieves and cunning
- kingship
Powers
- Build the great double voyaging-canoes (pahi)
- Slay the monsters of the sea
- Guard and guide those who sail the open sea
Relations
- spouse: Vai-tu-marie (wife of Hiro, mother of Marama; below the registry's individuated threshold) · TahitianExternalref-only — the wife Vai-tu-marie is not registered as a figure.Teuira Henry, Ancient Tahiti (1928): Hiro and his wife Vai-tu-marie, parents of Marama ('Moonlight') (primary)
- parent: Marama ('Moonlight'), child of Hiro and Vai-tu-marie (below the registry's individuated threshold) · TahitianExternalref-only — the child Marama is not registered as a figure.Teuira Henry, Ancient Tahiti (1928): Marama, child of Hiro and Vai-tu-marie (primary)
Sources
- existence: Teuira Henry, Ancient Tahiti (Bishop Museum Bulletin 48, 1928), Hiro of Ra'iātea (primary)