Ika-Roa
Sign in to saveIn Māori mythology, Ikaroa is the long fish that gave birth to all the stars in the Milky Way or the Mother Goddess of all the stars – ornaments of the Sky God. Ika-Roa is also an alternative name for the Milky Way.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Ika-Roa is referenced by 5 other articles, and connects out to Milky Way, shark and deity.
It is catalogued under topics including Fish goddesses, Māori goddesses and Mother goddesses.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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In Māori mythology, Ikaroa is the long fish that gave birth to all the stars in the Milky Way or the Mother Goddess of all the stars – ornaments of the Sky God. Ika-Roa is also an alternative name for the Milky Way.
Ika-roa was also called Mangōroa ("long shark") or Mangōroa i ata ("long shark in the early dawn").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ika-Roa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.