Editing Kohara

{{Short description|Polynesian goddess associated with tuna fish}}{{for|people with the name Kohara|Kohara (name)}}
In [[Polynesian mythology]], '''Kohara''' is the [[goddess]] of [[tuna]] and is considered the "mother of all tuna fish".<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Knappert
 | first = Jan
 | author-link = Jan Knappert
 | title = Pacific Mythology: An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend
 | publisher = Aquarian/Thorsons
 | date = 1992
 | pages = 158
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q53fAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Kohara%22+tuna
 | isbn = 978-1-85538-133-9
 }}</ref> The word also means "to throw a flash of lightning, as a deity".<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Tregear
 | first = Edward
 | author-link = Edward Robert Tregear
 | title = The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary
 | publisher = Lyon and Blair
 | date = 1891
 | location = [[Lambton Quay]]
 | pages = 155
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9KUTAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Kohara%22+Polynesia&pg=PA155
 }}</ref> In [[Māori mythology]], lightning begat tuna.<ref>{{cite book
 | last = White
 | first = John
 | title = The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions V1: Horo-Uta Or Taki-Tumu Migration
 | publisher = Kessinger Publishing
 | date = 2006
 | pages = 124
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SnMakPB_xiIC&dq=%22Kohara%22+tuna&pg=PA124
 | isbn = 978-1-4286-3710-8
 }}</ref> In that sense, Kohara can be considered the "ancestor of tuna".<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Andersen
 | first = Johannes Carl
 | title = Myths & Legends of the Polynesians
 | publisher = G.G. Harrap & Company, Ltd
 | date = 1928
 | pages = 485
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YKrfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Kohara%22
 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Māori deities]]

==References==
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[[Category:Thunder goddesses]]