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29 relations: Aitu, Anito, Atua (district), Austronesian peoples, Cognate, Filipinos, God, Hantu demon, Hawaiian religion, Indonesians, Malaysians, Mana, Māori mythology, Micronesia, Pe'a, Polynesian languages, Polynesian narrative, Polynesians, Rongo, Samoa, Samoan language, Spirit, Tangaroa, Tāne, Tūmatauenga, Tutelary deity, Upolu, Whiro, Yami people.
Aitu
In Polynesian languages the word aitu refers to ghosts or spirits, often malevolent.
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Anito
Anito, also spelled anitu, refers to ancestor spirits, nature spirits, and deities (diwata) in the indigenous animistic religions of precolonial Philippines.
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Atua (district)
Atua is the most ancient district of Samoa, now consisting of most of the eastern section of Upolu but also traditionally incorporates Tutuila and once all of Upolu and Savaii.
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Austronesian peoples
The Austronesian peoples are various groups in Southeast Asia, Oceania and East Africa that speak languages that are under the Austronesian language super-family.
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Cognate
In linguistics, cognates are words that have a common etymological origin.
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Filipinos
Filipinos (Mga Pilipino) are the people who are native to, or identified with the country of the Philippines.
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God
In monotheistic thought, God is conceived of as the Supreme Being and the principal object of faith.
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Hantu demon
A hantu demon is a legendary evil spirit or demon in Indonesian language.
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Hawaiian religion
Hawaiian religion encompasses the indigenous religious beliefs and practices of the Native Hawaiians.
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Indonesians
Indonesians (Indonesian: Orang Indonesia) are citizens of Indonesia, regardless of their race, ethnicity or religious background.
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Malaysians
Malaysians are the people who are identified with the country of Malaysia.
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Mana
Mana, in Austronesian languages, means "power", "effectiveness", and "prestige".
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Māori mythology
Māori mythology and Māori traditions are the two major categories into which the legends of the Māori of New Zealand may usefully be divided.
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Micronesia
Micronesia ((); from μικρός mikrós "small" and νῆσος nêsos "island") is a subregion of Oceania, composed of thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
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Pe'a
The Pe'a is the popular name of the traditional male tatau (tattoo) of Samoa, also known as the malofie, a term used in the Samoan language chiefly vocabulary and 'respect' register (gagana fa'aaloalo).
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Polynesian languages
The Polynesian languages are a language family spoken in geographical Polynesia and on a patchwork of outliers from south central Micronesia to small islands off the northeast of the larger islands of the southeast Solomon Islands and sprinkled through Vanuatu.
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Polynesian narrative
The Polynesian narrative or Polynesian mythology encompasses the oral traditions of the people of Polynesia, a grouping of Central and South Pacific Ocean island archipelagos in the Polynesian Triangle together with the scattered cultures known as the Polynesian outliers.
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Polynesians
The Polynesians are a subset of Austronesians native to the islands of Polynesia that speak the Polynesian languages, a branch of the Oceanic subfamily of the Austronesian language family.
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Rongo
In Māori mythology, Rongo or Rongo-mā-Tāne (also Rongo-hīrea, Rongo-marae-roa, and Rongo-marae-roa-a-Rangi) is a major god (atua) of cultivated plants, especially kumara (spelled kūmara in Māori), a vital crop.
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Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa (Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa; Sāmoa) and, until 4 July 1997, known as Western Samoa, is a unitary parliamentary democracy with eleven administrative divisions.
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Samoan language
Samoan (Gagana faʻa Sāmoa or Gagana Sāmoa – IPA) is the language of the Samoan Islands, comprising the Independent State of Samoa and the United States territory of American Samoa.
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Spirit
A spirit is a supernatural being, often but not exclusively a non-physical entity; such as a ghost, fairy, or angel.
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Tangaroa
In Māori mythology, Tangaroa (also Takaroa) is one of the great gods, the god of the sea.
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Tāne
In Māori mythology, Tāne (also called Tāne Mahuta, Tāne nui a Rangi, and several other names) is the god of forests and of birds, and the son of Ranginui and Papatūanuku, the sky father and the earth mother, who lie in a tight embrace.
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Tūmatauenga
In Māori mythology, Tū or Tūmatauenga (Māori: 'Tū of the angry face') is the god of war, hunting, food cultivation, fishing and cooking.
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Tutelary deity
A tutelary (also tutelar) is a deity or spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation.
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Upolu
Upolu is an island in Samoa, formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano which rises from the seafloor of the western Pacific Ocean.
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Whiro
In Māori mythology, Whiro (or Hiro in the Tuamotus) is the lord of darkness, or the embodiment of all evil.
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Yami people
The Yami people, also known as the Tao people, are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the tiny outlying Orchid Island of Taiwan.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atua
