Gods and Goddesses
South Pacific
Polynesian (Hervey Islands)
Vari-Ma-Te-Takere (The very beginning)

ORIGIN: Polynesian (Hervey Islands)

TYPE: Mother Goddess

INFORMATION: The creator being who lives at the very bottom of the world coconut, sitting in a cramped space with her knees and chin touching. She lives in Te-Enua-Te-Ki (mute land) in eternal silence and is the mother of six children, all deities, three of which she plucked from her right side and three from her left. See Avatea, Tinirau, Tango, Tumuteanoa, Raka, and Tu-Metua.