Tahiti-tokerau

In the Tuamotu Rata cycle, Tahiti-tokerau was 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.

See also[edit]

• Rata (Tuamotu mythology)
• Rātā (Māori mythology)
• Laka (Hawaiian and other Polynesian mythology)

References[edit]

• 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.