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Encyclopedia > Aitu

In Polynesian mythology, the Aitu are a group of lesser gods, many being patrons of specific villages and familes. They often take the form of plants or animals, and are often more cruel than other gods.


Alternative: Atua (Marquesas Islands), Nuku-mai-Tore ("people from the other world")




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Aitu (59 words)
The aitu appear in the shape of plants and animals and are thought to have more demonic than divine characteristics.
They are known as atua on the Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia).
Article "Aitu" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 29 July 1997 (Revision 2).
National Park of American Samoa - The To'aga Aitu (U.S. National Park Service) (523 words)
Legends persist that spirit ghosts, or aitu, haunt the To'aga at high noon and at night.
During the NPS studies to establish the park local folk on Ofu warned national park planners not to wander down To’aga beach after sundown or at high noon.
At once the people of both islands protested, saying Toaga was well known to be the meeting place of the aitu (evil spirits) of the whole of the Manu'a Group.
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