Jawnomicon

Atea

Also called Vast-Expanse, Rangi-Atea.

Atea is the sky-father and open expanse of Polynesian tradition, separated from the earth or shaped by a prior creator, from whom gods and living things descend.

At a glance

Tradition
Polynesian tradition
Region
Melanesia (place of origin)
Trait family
The Two-Realmed

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Traits

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Form

  • Primordial progenitor of life
    why

    Atea is a progenitor: gods, the beings of the world, and in some accounts humanity descend from unions attributed to him

Omens

  • Duality of sky and earth embodiment
    why

    The role varies considerably by island group: in some accounts he is among the first beings, produced or shaped by a prior creator, and in others he corresponds to the sky-father of the widespread separation myth in which sky and earth are forced apart so that light and life can exist between them.

Roles

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