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.