Tangaloa - Tangaloa (English spelling)

Japanese: タンガロア - たんがろあ(英語表記)Tangaloa
Tangaloa - Tangaloa (English spelling)
Along with Tānetūrongo, Tangaroa is a god who holds an important position in myths and religious ceremonies throughout Polynesia. He is the most important god in central and western Polynesia, and in Tahiti and Samoa, Tangaroa is said to be the creator god living alone in infinite space, who created the heavens, the earth, humans, etc. In other regions, Tangaroa holds an important position among the gods, but is never spoken of as a creator god. In Hawaii, Tangaroa is the god of evil and misfortune, and appears as a giant octopus. In New Zealand, Tangaroa is one of the sons of heaven and earth, and sea creatures and lizards are the sons of Tangaroa.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ポリネシア各地でタネトゥロンゴと並び,神話や宗教儀礼上で重要な位置を占める神。中部・西部ポリネシアでは最も重要な神であり,タヒチやサモアでは無限の空間にただ一人住む創造神タンガロアが天,地,人間等を造ったと語られる。その他の地域では神々の中に重要な地位を占めるが,創造神として語られることはない。ハワイでは悪,不幸の神で,大ダコとしてあらわれる。ニュージーランドでは天と地の息子たちの一人で,海の生物やトカゲはタンガロアの息子である。

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

<<:  Bile duct - Tankan (English spelling) bile duct

>>:  Boron carbide (boron carbide)

Recommend

Actinium emanation

…A gaseous radioactive nuclide belonging to the a...

Diomedea irrorata (English spelling) Diomedeairrorata

…[Hiroshi Aramata]. … *Some of the terminology th...

Garden Bridge

…However, it is an important waterway connecting ...

Pendant (English spelling)

(1) A stone, plaster, or wood decoration suspended...

Haunch paralysis

A disease of livestock such as goats, sheep, and h...

Mariinskaya vodnaya sistema (English notation) Mariinskaya vodnaya sistema

…the Mariinskaya Waterway is an inland waterway i...

San Pedro Sula (English spelling)

Located in northwest Honduras, it is the country&#...

Arabian Sea - Arabian Sea (English spelling)

It is an attached sea of ​​the Indian Ocean locate...

AHD - Ahh H D

… Digital audio discs are new discs that incorpor...

Tales of the warrior

These stories are based on experiences in martial ...

Nomisma

…The administrative reforms of Diocletian and Con...

Angelica japonica (English spelling) Angelica japonica

…[Murata Gen]. … *Some of the terminology that me...

Lake Texcoco (English spelling)

A lake that spans the Federal District and the Sta...

New Trends in Haiku - Shinkei Kouhaiku

A haiku term. From around 1908 (Meiji 41), in &qu...

glomerulus

…the renal corpuscle is a spherical body with a d...