Editing Malara

{{Short description|Orokolo god of the planet Venus}}
'''Malara''', in the [[mythology]] of the [[Orokolo]], of the south coast of [[Papua New Guinea]], is the god of the planet [[Venus]]. The myths indicates that Malara was looking for wives. He found Eau and Havoa, the daughters of the sun-god [[Maelare]], and married them.

==References==
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*{{cite book
  | last =Holmes
  | first =John Henry 
  | authorlink =
  | title =Way Back in Papua
  | publisher =G. Allen & Unwin, ltd
  | date =1926
  | location =Original from the University of California
  | pages =
  | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=AL80AAAAIAAJ&q=Malara
  | doi =
    }}
*{{cite book
  | last =Kiki
  | first =Albert Maori 
  | authorlink =
  | title =Kiki: Ten Thousand Years in a Lifetime, a New Guinea Autobiography
  | publisher =F. A. Praeger
  | date =1968
  | location =Original from the University of Michigan
  | pages =
  | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=reU_AAAAMAAJ&q=Malara
  | doi =
    }}

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[[Category:Papua New Guinean deities]]
[[Category:Stellar gods]]
[[Category:Venusian deities]]



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