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ID: 901002599
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002599
Record Type: Legendary Place

Hawaiki (Pacific Island legendary place)

Note: Legenday original home of the Polynesians, before dispersal across Polynesia. Is also the site of the underworld in many Māori stories.

Names:
Hawaiki (Pacific Island legendary place) (preferred,English-P)
Hawaiki (Pacific Island legendary place) (Maori-P)
ʻAvaiki (Pacific Island legendary place) (English)
Havaiʻi (Pacific Island legendary place) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Pacific Islander iconography> (P)
........<Pacific Islander fictional places> (P)
............Hawaiki (Pacific Island legendary place) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary place
.....(place (distinct area), environmental psychology concepts, psychological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... homeland
.....(place (distinct area), environmental psychology concepts, psychological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... underworld (doctrinal concept)
.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Hawaiki (Pacific Island legendary place)
................Te Papa online (2000-) https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/te-reo-maori-glossary#h
ʻAvaiki (Pacific Island legendary place)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Havaiʻi (Pacific Island legendary place)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Te Papa online (2000-)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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