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by Micha F. Lindemans

In the mythology of the Tuamotu (Society) islands, a religious warrior order first organized by the gods Ora-Tetefa and Uru-Tetefa, two brothers living in heaven but who later settled on earth. The order recruited their members, who had to remain celibate, from among the nobility.