You are here:
  1. » Home
  2. » Areas
  3. » Mythology
  4. » Oceania
  5. » Polynesian mythology
  6. » Mango-Roa-I-Ata

Mango-Roa-I-Ata

by Micha F. Lindemans
In Maori cosmology, the Milky Way. The name means 'the Long Shark at Dawn'. This shark was caught by Maui (as Koriro) when he was fishing Creation, and he threw it up into the night sky.

Article details:

  • N/A

Page tools: