Kohara

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Kohara is in die Polinesiese mitologie die godin van tuna en sy word beskou as die "moeder van alle tuna".[1] Die woord beteken "om ’n weerligstraal as ’n god te gooi".[2] (In die Maori-mitologie is tuna deur weerlig geskep.)[3]

Verwysings[wysig | wysig bron]

  1. Knappert, Jan (1992). Pacific Mythology: An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend. Aquarian/Thorsons. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-85538-133-9.
  2. Tregear, Edward (1891). The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Lambton Quay: Lyon and Blair. p. 155.
  3. White, John (2006). The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions V1: Horo-Uta Or Taki-Tumu Migration. Kessinger Publishing. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-4286-3710-8.[dooie skakel]