Moko (mythology)
Template:Short description Template:Distinguish In the mythology of Mangaia in the Cook Islands, Moko is a wily character and grandfather of the heroic Ngaru.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Moko is a ruler or king of the lizards, and he orders his lizard subjects to climb into the basket of the sky demon Amai-te-rangi to spy on him. When Amai-te-rangi pulls up his basket, he is disappointed to find it full of miserable little reptiles, which escape and overrun his home in the sky.<ref name ="Gill">*W.W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (H.S. King: London, 1876)</ref>