Entries from Beckwith 1940 in Pollex-Online
Beckwith, M. W. (1940). Hawaiian mythology. New Haven, Yale University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Maori | Apakura | Mother who engages younger son, Whakatau-pootiki, to avenge his brother's death |
| Moriori | Apukura | Mother who engages a relative, Whakatau to avenge the death of her son Tuu |
| Marquesas | Apekua | Legendary mother who engages her brother to avenge death of her son |
| Rarotongan | Apakura | Mother who engages Vakatau-ii to avenger her son's death |
| Samoan | Apaʔula | Mother who engages a warrior to avenge her son's death |
| Marquesas | Haʔatau-niua | Apaku`a's brother who assists in avenging her son |
| Rarotongan | Vakatau-ʔiʔi | Avenger of Apakura's son, Tuu-ranga-taua |
| Samoan | Vaʔatau-sili | Kills Apakura's brothers who have murdered her son |
| Aitutaki | Matuku | A heron being atttacked by a snake that is killed by Rata |
| Rarotongan | Motu-taʔotaʔo | A place where Rata slays Te Va`ine-`uarei and recovers his mother's eyeballs Problematic |
| Tahitian | Matuʔu-taʔotaʔo | A demon-bird slain by Rata |
| Tuamotu | Matuʔu-taʔotaʔo | Demon bird slain by Rata, son of Vahieroa Problematic |
| Hawaiian | Milu | Lord of the underworld |
| Hawaiian | Kinilau | 'Multitude' - a fishing god |
