Matuku-tagotago

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In the Tuamotuan myth of Rata, Matuku-tagotago was a shark belonging to Puna, king of the Underworld. Matuku had swallowed Rata's father and was ultimately killed by him.

[edit] References

  • R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989), 165;
  • J.F. Stimson, Tuamotuan Legends: Island of Anaa (Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Press, 1937), 115-117.
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