Havaiki

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Polynesian mythological concept legendary homeland mythological place

Havaiki is a variant spelling of Hawaiki, the legendary ancestral homeland in Polynesian mythology from which many Pacific peoples trace their origins.

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Label	Occurrences
Havaiki canonical	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polynesian mythological concept ⓘ legendary homeland ⓘ mythological place ⓘ
alternateSpellingOf	Hawaiki ⓘ
appearsIn	Cook Islands genealogies ⓘ Māori oral traditions ⓘ Polynesian creation stories ⓘ Polynesian migration chants ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Cook Islanders ⓘ surface form: Cook Islands Māori people Native Hawaiians ⓘ surface form: Hawaiian people Māori people ⓘ Polynesian peoples ⓘ Rarotongan people ⓘ Samoans ⓘ surface form: Samoan people Tahitian people ⓘ
category	Legendary populated places ⓘ Mythological islands ⓘ Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ surface form: Polynesian mythology
describedAs	legendary ancestral homeland in Polynesian mythology ⓘ
etymologicallyRelatedTo	Hawaiʻi (island) ⓘ surface form: Hawaiʻi Savaiʻi ⓘ
hasConceptualOpposite	current homeland of a Polynesian group ⓘ
hasMythologicalFunction	explains origins of Polynesian peoples ⓘ serves as starting point for ancestral voyages ⓘ
hasNarrativeTheme	connection between living descendants and ancestral land ⓘ voyaging from homeland to new islands ⓘ
hasType	ancestral homeland motif ⓘ
hasVariantSpelling	Hawaiki ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Polynesian languages ⓘ
oftenSpelled	Hawaiki in English-language scholarship ⓘ
relatedConcept	Polynesian migration traditions ⓘ canoe migration narratives ⓘ origin island myths ⓘ
roleInMythology	ancestral homeland of many Pacific peoples ⓘ place of origin of Polynesian ancestors ⓘ spiritual homeland ⓘ
significance	central to identity narratives of several Polynesian groups ⓘ used as reference point in traditional genealogies ⓘ
sometimesInterpretedAs	purely spiritual or symbolic place ⓘ real geographical homeland of Polynesians ⓘ
transliterationVariant	Avaiki ⓘ Hawaiki ⓘ

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Hawaiki → hasVariantName → Havaiki ⓘ