Hotu Matu'a
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Hotu Matu'a (more commonly spelled Hotu Matua) was the first ariki (king) of Rapa Nui, toward the century IV of our era.[1]
[edit] Legend
It is said that thanks to that Make-make was appeared in a dream to Hau-Maka, the King Hotu Matu'a knew that it was destined to travel toward the Mata ki te Rangi (Eyes that look to the Sky); is to say to the Easter Island.
The king and their people would have traveled from Hiva (a mythical land) that some peoples have tried of identifying as the Marquesas Islands.
[edit] references
- ^ Carlos Mordo, Easter Island (Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly Books Ltd., 2002)
