Tahiti-tokerau

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In the Tuamotu Rata cycle, Tahiti-tokerau was a a water-nymph whom Vahi-vero marries. She was abducted by Puna, king of the underworld and rescued by her husband. They then become parents of Rata. and died of cancer

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  • R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989), 251;
  • J.F. Stimson, Tuamotuan Legends: Island of Anaa (Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Press, 1937), 96-100.
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