| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:folk gptkb:oral_tradition
 gptkb:mythology
 
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                                | gptkbp:documentedIn | gptkb:missionary European explorers
 anthropologists
 
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                                | gptkbp:feature | creation myths trickster figures
 heroic tales
 gods and deities
 voyaging stories
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:Polynesian_religion gptkb:Polynesian_culture
 Polynesian navigation
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | various Polynesian languages 
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                                | gptkbp:motif | shape-shifting divine ancestry
 trickster hero
 canoe voyages
 creation of islands
 fire theft
 fishing up land
 sky father and earth mother
 underworld journeys
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFigure | gptkb:Hina gptkb:Tangaroa
 gptkb:Pele
 gptkb:Māui
 gptkb:Rangi_and_Papa
 gptkb:Tāwhirimātea
 
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                                | gptkbp:preservedIn | gptkb:dance chants
 songs
 petroglyphs
 oral recitation
 tattoo art
 
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                                | gptkbp:region | gptkb:Polynesia 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:Polynesian_mythology Samoan mythology
 Tahitian mythology
 Tongan mythology
 
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                                | gptkbp:theme | gptkb:explorer gptkb:family
 gptkb:spirituality
 relationship with nature
 
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                                | gptkbp:transmittedBy | oral storytelling 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Tiki 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Polynesian legends 
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