Editing Ngaru

'''Ngaru''' is a mythological hero from [[Avaiki]] ([[Hawaiki]]) in the mythology of [[Mangaia]] in the [[Cook Islands]]. Ngaru's mother was Vaiare and his grandfather the great lizard [[Moko (mythology)|Moko]]. His wife was the beautiful Tongatea.<ref>{{cite book |title=Myths and Songs from the South Pacific |author=William Wyatt Gill |publisher=H. S. King & Company |location=London |date=1876 |page=225-237}}</ref> To prove his prowess, he battles [[Tikokura]] and the shark Tumuitearetoka, who he outwits with the aid of Moko.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/docs/Volume124/JPS_124_2_03.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212192905/http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/docs/Volume124/JPS_124_2_03.pdf |archive-date=2018-02-12 |url-status=live |title=NGARU: A CULTURE HERO OF MANGAIA |author= Michael P. J. Reilly |journal=Journal of the Polynesian Society |volume=124 |issue=2 |date=2015 |page=150-153 |access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref>  he later descends to the [[underworld]] and returns to the land of the living where he subsequently defeats the [[sky]] [[fairies]] and [[Amai-te-rangi]], a sky [[demon]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology |author=R.D. Craig |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=New York |date=1989 |page=184}}</ref>

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[[Category:Mangaia mythology]]
[[Category:Heroes in mythology and legend]]

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