Tu-nui-ka-rere
Tuamotuan · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Parentage
Variant accounts
- source review correctionBeckwith prints Ratu-nui, not the Rata-nui spelling in the legacy record.Martha Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (1940), ch. XIX, p. 289, Vahitahi account (secondary)
- source review correctionCorrect the child’s alternate name and remove internal record-state assertions.Martha Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (1940), ch. XIX, p. 289, Vahitahi account (secondary)
Domains
- the sea and the deep
Relations
- sibling: Turi-a-FaumeaBrother of Turi-a-Faumea, fellow son of Takaroa and the eel-woman Faumea.Beckwith, Martha Warren. Hawaiian Mythology (1940), on the two sons of Takaroa and Faumea (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Beckwith, Martha Warren. Hawaiian Mythology (1940) (quoting the Tuamotuan Faumea text) (secondary)