Polynesian indigenous religions

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ethnic religion indigenous religion polytheistic religion traditional religion

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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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Native Hawaiian religion 2
Polynesian mythology 2
Rapa Nui religion 2

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic religion ⓘ
indigenous religion ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
traditional religion ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Hawaiian people ⓘ
Māori people ⓘ
Rapa Nui people ⓘ
Samoans ⓘ
surface form: Samoan people

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 (Polynesian demigod) ⓘ
surface form: Māui

Pele ⓘ
Rongo ⓘ
Tagaloa ⓘ
Wākea ⓘ
surface form: Tangaroa

Tāne ⓘ
Tū ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hawaiki → associatedWith → Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian mythology
Orongo → associatedWith → Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rapa Nui religion
Māui (Polynesian demigod) → culture → Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ
subject surface form: Māui
this entity surface form: Polynesian mythology
Māui (Polynesian demigod) → culture → Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ
subject surface form: Māui
this entity surface form: Samoan mythology
Māui (Polynesian demigod) → culture → Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ
subject surface form: Māui
this entity surface form: Tahitian mythology
Polynesian outliers → hasCulturalPractice → Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polynesian religion
hooponopono → influencedBy → Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ
subject surface form: Ho‘oponopono
this entity surface form: Hawaiian spirituality
Lono → religion → Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Native Hawaiian religion
ahu (ceremonial platforms) → religion → Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rapa Nui religion
Native Hawaiians → traditionalReligion → Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Native Hawaiian religion
Polynesia → traditionalReligion → Polynesian indigenous religions ⓘ