Polynesian indigenous religions

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Polynesian indigenous religions are the traditional spiritual belief systems of Polynesian peoples, centered on ancestor veneration, nature deities, and complex mythologies that explain the origins and order of the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic religion
indigenous religion
polytheistic religion
traditional religion
associatedWithPeople Hawaiian people
Māori people
Rapa Nui people
Samoan people
linked to: Samoans

Tahitian people
Tongan people
currentlyStatus partially revived
syncretized with Christianity
hasArtForm barkcloth decoration
carving
ritual dance
sacred chant
tattooing
hasConcept ancestral spirits
cosmic order
creation myths
sacred-profane distinction
spirit world
hasCoreBelief ancestor veneration
mana
reverence for nature deities
tapu
hasDeity Kanaloa
Lono
Māui
Pele
Rongo
Tagaloa
Tangaroa
linked to: Wākea

Tāne
hasDeityType earth goddess
fertility deity
sea god
sky god
war god
hasMoralCode maintenance of social harmony
respect for ancestors
respect for tapu
hasMythologicalFigure culture hero
demigod
trickster
hasRitual chanting
dance
divination
healing ceremonies
offerings to ancestors
sacrifice
hasRitualSpecialist diviner
healer
priest
shaman
hasSacredPlaceType heiau
marae
sacred grove
sacred mountain
sacred ocean site
temple platform
hasTextualTradition oral tradition
hasTransmissionMode oral transmission
historicallyChallengedBy Christian missionary activity
influenced Polynesian art
Polynesian cultural identity
Polynesian navigation rituals
Polynesian social organization
influencedBy Austronesian religious traditions
practicedIn Polynesia

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Polynesia traditionalReligion Polynesian indigenous religions
Native Hawaiians traditionalReligion Native Hawaiian religion
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Polynesian outliers hasCulturalPractice Polynesian religion
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Hawaiki associatedWith Polynesian mythology
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
ahu (ceremonial platforms) religion Rapa Nui religion
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Māui culture Polynesian mythology
subject linked to: Māui (Polynesian demigod)
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Māui culture Samoan mythology
subject linked to: Māui (Polynesian demigod)
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Māui culture Tahitian mythology
subject linked to: Māui (Polynesian demigod)
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Orongo associatedWith Rapa Nui religion
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Ho‘oponopono influencedBy Hawaiian spirituality
subject linked to: hooponopono
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Lono religion Native Hawaiian religion
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Kāne culture Native Hawaiian religion
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Ku culture Native Hawaiian religion
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Hana hasCulturalHeritage Native Hawaiian traditions
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Taniwha Tubes themedAfter Polynesian mythology
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Haumea culture Polynesian mythology
subject linked to: Hawaiian goddess Haumea
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Hiʻiaka hasEponymOrigin Hawaiian mythology
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Makemake (Rapa Nui deity) religion Rapa Nui religion
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Papahānaumoku hasSacredStatus akua (deity) in Hawaiian belief
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Havaiki category Polynesian mythology
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Avaiki hasCulturalContext Polynesian mythology
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions
Tahitians traditionalReligion Polynesian religion
linked to: Polynesian indigenous religions