Tahiti-tokerau

Water-nymph in the mythology of the Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia

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

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

## References

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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.