Hawaiki
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Hawaiki is the ancestral Polynesian homeland in Māori and other Pacific traditions, often regarded as both a place of origin and a spiritual homeland.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Polynesian cultural concept
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ancestral homeland → mythological place → spiritual homeland → |
| associatedWith |
Māori mythology
→
Pacific oral traditions → Polynesian mythology → |
| category |
Māori legendary places
→
Polynesian mythology → mythological islands → |
| conceptualizedAs |
homeland across the sea
→
origin of important ancestral canoes → |
| country |
New Zealand (Māori tradition)
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|
| culture |
Māori people
→
Polynesian peoples → |
| describedAs |
ancestral Polynesian homeland
→
place of origin → spiritual homeland → |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo |
Havaiʻi (old name for Raʻiātea in Society Islands)
→
Savaiʻi (Samoa) → |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Māori identity
→
Māori place-naming traditions → Polynesian historical narratives → |
| hasType |
cosmological place
→
mythic homeland → |
| hasVariantName |
Avaiki
→
Havaiki → Savaiʻi (cognate toponym) → |
| interpretedByScholarsAs |
memory of ancient Polynesian homelands
→
symbolic representation of origins → |
| language |
Māori language
→
|
| mentionedIn |
Māori migration traditions
→
canoe (waka) migration narratives → |
| partOf |
Māori cosmology
→
wider Polynesian cosmology → |
| relatedConcept |
Polynesian migration
→
afterlife journey of spirits → ancestral waka → |
| roleInBeliefSystem |
destination of spirits after death in some traditions
→
origin place of Māori ancestors → |
| spiritualSignificance |
connection between living descendants and ancestors
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source and destination in the life–death cycle → |
| status |
not identified with a single confirmed geographic location
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|
| viewedAs |
homeland beyond the horizon
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place where important cultural knowledge originated → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Māori
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|
migrationTradition |