Makemake [1] or Make-mak ( Eng. Make-make ) is the god of plenty in Rapanui mythology . According to the ideas of the inhabitants of Easter Island , he created man. He was the supreme deity in the cult of "birdmen."
Based on the mythological representations of the ancient Rapanuiites , Make-Mac had the head of a bird. Every year, competitions were held between representatives of all Rapa Nui clans, in which participants had to swim to the island of Motu Nui and find the first egg laid by the black tern or manutara (rap. Manutara). The victorious swimmer became the “birdman of the year” and was vested with a right for a year to control the distribution of resources destined for his clan [2] . This tradition continued to exist until the first Christian missionaries appeared on Easter Island [3] .
Mack-mak personified natural forces and was considered the creator of the universe and man . The children of Maki-maki : Tiva , Rorai , Hova and the woman Arangi-kote-kote [4] .
A dwarf planet is named after Mack Mack.
In the movie
- Rapa Nui (film) (1994)
Notes
- ↑ M.S. Polinskaya. Makemake // Mythological Dictionary / Ch. ed. E. M. Meletinsky . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990. - S. [328] (stb. 2). - 672 p. - 115,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-032-0 .
- ↑ Robert D. Craig. Dictionary of Polynesian mythology. - Greenwood Publishing Group, 1989 .-- S. 151-152. - 409 p. - ISBN 0313258902 .
- ↑ Douglas L. Oliver. Polynesia in early historic times. - Bess Press, 2002 .-- S. 215. - 305 p. - ISBN 1573061255 .
- ↑ Metraux Alfred Easter Island: A Stone-Age Civilization of the Pacific; Oxford University Press, 1957