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Moko (mythology)

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Character from Mangaia mythology Not to be confused with Tā moko.

In the mythology of Mangaia in the Cook Islands, Moko is a wily character and grandfather of the heroic Ngaru.

Moko is a ruler or king of the lizards, and he orders his lizard subjects to climb into the basket of the sky demon Amai-te-rangi to spy on him. When Amai-te-rangi pulls up his basket, he is disappointed to find it full of miserable little reptiles, which escape and overrun his home in the sky.

References

  1. Michael P. J. Reilly (2015). "NGARU: A CULTURE HERO OF MANGAIA" (PDF). Journal of the Polynesian Society. 124 (2): 147-187. doi:10.15286/jps.124.2.147-187. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. *W.W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (H.S. King: London, 1876)


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