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Encyclopedia > Wakea

In Polynesian mythology, Vatea is the first man (son of Varima-te-Takere), along with his wife Papa, who gave birth to a calabash which Vatea made into the sky. Alternatively, Papa, a giant bird, laid an egg which became the island Hawaii. Vatea and Papa then lived there as the first man and woman.


Alternative: Wakea (Hawaii)


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Wakea (93 words)
His wife Papa gave birth to a calabash, out of which Wakea fashioned the vault of the sky.
A different version of this myth relates that Papa was a giant bird who laid an egg which opened and became the island of Hawaii.
Soon, green trees grew there and Wakea and Papa went to live there themselves, as the first human beings.
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