HO`OMANA:Native Spirituality

HO`OMANA

• Dualism

• `Uhane

• Mana

• Kapu/Tapu

RITUAL & RITES

MĀORI• 3 states of existence

– Te Kore (the void)

– Te Po (the dark)

– Te Aomarama (the world of light)

• Ranginui (Rangi) & Papatuanuku (Papa)– Tāne: forests, including birds

– Rongo: peaceful activities and agriculture and the ancestor of cultivated plants

– Tangaroa: ocean

– Tū: war and its attendant features

– Haumea: uncultivated plants

MARAE

TAHITI

• Ta`aroa – creator of the universe, father of `Oro

• `Oro – Ta`aroa’s first son; god of both war and peace

• Tāne – god of the sky and of beauty; kept the gods’ water, the water of immortality

• Tū – Ta`aroa’s best craftsman; invoked for victory at war and to guide craftsmens’ hands

• Ro`o – god of peace and agriculture

TAHITI: MARAE

TONGA

• Pulotu – the unseen world; believed to be the home of all gods and goddesses

• Vaiola – magic healing water that could cure any sickness or mend any wound

• Tangaloa – the sky god; ancestors of the Tu`i Tonga kings

SĀMOA

• Tagaloa – a supreme ruler, creator of the universe, the chief of all gods and the progenitor of other gods and humans

• Saveasi`uleo – god of Pulotu (the underworld of spirits)

• Nafanua – goddess of war; daughter of Saveasi`uleo

RAPA NUI

• Tangaroa – the sun god

• Makemake – creator of mankind, god of fertility

• Hotu-matua – the traditional founder (first-settler) of the community

RAPA NUI: AHU, MARAE & MOAI

• Marae – sacred place that served religious purposes

• Ahu – stone platforms adjacent to the marae; today refers to the entire complex

• Moai – large carved human figures

HAWAI`I: HEIAU & KI`I

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