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    Rapa Nui mythology, also known as Pascuense mythology or Easter Island mythology, refers to the native myths, legends, and beliefs of the Rapa Nui people...
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    The Rapa Nui (Rapa Nui: [ˈɾapa ˈnu.i], Spanish: [ˈrapa ˈnu.i]) are the indigenous Polynesian peoples of Easter Island. The easternmost Polynesian culture...
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    2011) grandson of Simeon Riro Kāinga. Hotu Matu'a King Nga'ara Rapa Nui Rapa Nui mythology Carlos Mordo, Easter Island (Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly Books...
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  • Rapa Nui language, the indigenous language of Easter Island Rapa Nui mythology, the mythology of the indigenous inhabitants of Easter Island Rapa Nui...
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    Moai (category Rapa Nui mythology)
    MOH-eye; Spanish: moái; Rapa Nui: moʻai, lit. 'statue') are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in eastern...
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    Tangata manu (category Rapa Nui mythology)
    on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to collect the first sooty tern (manu tara) egg of the season from the nearby islet of Motu Nui, swim back to Rapa Nui, and...
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    Makemake (also written as Make-make; pronounced [ˈmakeˈmake] in Rapa Nui) in the Rapa Nui mythology of Easter Island is the creator of humanity, the god of fertility...
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    (also called Rapa Nui), located in the mid-Pacific Ocean, was, for most of its history, one of the most isolated. Its inhabitants, the Rapa Nui, have endured...
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    'Spirit'), also known as Aku, Akuaku or Varua, are humanoid spirits in Rapa Nui mythology of the Easter Island. Aku-Aku are spirits of the dead, but they are...
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