Atea - Atea

Japanese: アテア - あてあ
Atea - Atea

...Incidentally, the story of two goddesses, a man and a woman, marrying and giving birth to islands can also be found in Polynesia. One such myth is that the Heavenly Father Atea married the Earth Mother Papa and gave birth to the islands of Hawaii and Maui. It is said to be the oceanic version of the myth that all things are born from the union of the Heavenly Father and the Earth Mother. Kunitama no Kami (Kunitama God) [Yoshii Iwao]. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Atea" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なお,男女2神が成婚して島々を生む話はポリネシアにも見られる。天父アテアが地母パパと婚してハワイ島,マウイ島などを生んだという神話がそれで,天父・地母の抱合によって万物が生ずるという神話の海洋化であるといわれる。国魂神(くにたまのかみ)【吉井 巌】。…

※「アテア」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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