Make-make

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Makemake with two birdmen, carved from red scoria
Makemake with two birdmen, carved from red scoria

Make-make or Makemake in the Rapa Nui mythology of Easter Island, was the creator of humanity, the god of fertility and the chief god of the "Tangata manu" or bird-man cult (this cult succeeded the islands more famous Moai era).

He is a frequent subject of the island's Petroglyphs.

Petroglyphs on rocks at Orongo. Make-make at base and two birdmen higher up
Petroglyphs on rocks at Orongo. Make-make at base and two birdmen higher up

[edit] References

  • Alfred Métraux. [1940] 1971. Ethnology of Easter Island. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 160. Honolului: Bishop Museum Press.
  • Katherine Routledge The Mystery of Easter Island 1919 ISBN 0-9328 1 3-48-8
  • VAN TILBURG, Jo Anne. 1994. Easter Island: Archaeology, Ecology and Culture. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.


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