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- Avaiki is one of the many names by which the peoples of Polynesia refer to their ancestral and spiritual homelands. By no means certain, but certainly...
- In Polynesian Folklore, Hawaiki (also rendered as ʻAvaiki in Cook Islands, Hawaiki in Māori, Savaiʻi in Samoan, Havaiʻi in Tahitian, Hawaiʻi in Hawaiian)...
- The Cook Islands (Rarotongan: Kūki ‘Airani; Penrhyn: Kūki Airani) is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists...
- of flesh and blood, was admitted to the lowest depth of the interior of Avaiki, a place described as resembling a vast hollow coconut s****. Such is the...
- traditions also vary. At Rarotonga, Tiki is the guardian of the entrance to Avaiki, the underworld. Offerings were made to him as gifts for the departing soul...
- in other Polynesian languages, including Māori (Hawaiki), Rarotongan (ʻAvaiki) and Samoan (Savaiʻi). According to linguists Pukui and Elbert, "elsewhere...
- sisters. As soon as the dawn arrives, the Tapairu returned to their home in Avaiki. R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York...
- accessible via a trail. Further west on the coast the user will encounter Avaiki Cave. The coastline also includes numerous coastal caverns including Ana...
- a goddess in the Polynesian mythology of the Cook Islands who lives in Avaiki beneath Mangaia. She is known to feast on the souls of dead people. One...
- common ****ent, according to historic events. Other variants include Savai'i, Avaiki and Hawaiki, with the names attaining a political as well as cultural significance...