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| Melanesian "savior," belived to be an incarnation of the life-giving being |
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| Polynesian trickster and cultural hero who stole fire for humans |
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| Micronesian primordial god who persuaded the eel to separate sky and earth |
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| Melanesian cultural hero whose journeys created geographical features |
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| Polynesian god of the forests who successfully separated his parents |
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| Australian ancestral heroes from Dream Time who caused a great flood |
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| Melanesian trickster god of sky myths |
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| Polynesian hero who has many episodes on his quest to avenge his father's death |
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| Australian traveling ancestors who named animals and plants along their journey |
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| Polynesian male sky god locked in embrace with his wife |
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| Australian first person to die and who was transformed into the native cat |
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| Polynesian god of the sea |
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| Hawaiian god of earth and war, to whom human sacrifices were made |
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| Hawaiian god of the sky, peace and cultivation, associated wit hthe death of Captain James Cook, the English explorer |
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| Hawaiian god who institited sacrificail rites of the Makihiki festival |
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| The myth "The Crow and the Crab" explains... |
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| the myth "The Eaglehawk and the Crow" explains... |
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| The myth "Wodoy and Djunggun" explains... |
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| The myth "The Bell Bird Brothers" explains... |
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| the origin of a huge rock |
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| The myth "The Spider and the Clamshell" explains the origin of all of these except... |
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| The myth "Rona and the Moon" explains... |
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| the waxing and waning of the moon |
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| The myth "The Origin of Yams" explains that they were all of these except... |
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| The myth "Tane and Tangoroa" says that... |
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| The myth "Maui and the Fishing Expedition" explains the formation of... |
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| New Zealand and the Bay of Hawke |
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| Details of the myth "Honoyeta and the Origin of Evil" include all of these except... |
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| Honoyeta was a king in disguise |
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