Rapa Nui mythology
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The Rapa Nui mythology, also known as Pascuense mythology or Easter Island mythology, is the name given to the mythology formed by myths, legends and beliefs of the native peoples of the island of Easter Island ("island of Rapa Nui"); located in in the south Pacific Ocean, almost four thousand kilometers from continental Chile.
[edit] General description
The Island of Rapa Nui is characterized for being a mythology that presents own and unique characteristics, product of being Rapa Nui the "most isolated" of the Polynesian islands. The main characteristic of the Rapa Nui mythology, is that this presents a particular Cultural identity; product of the particular history of Rapa Nui. For that reason their native peoples imagined very singular and local explanations on the creation of the human and the island of Island of Rapa Nui. Like part of the set of traditions of the great Polynesian mythology, the mythology of the island of Rapa Nui is also mainly marine.
