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ʻOro

Also known as Oro

ʻOro was a god of war and fertility in the religion of the Society Islands in eastern Polynesia, said to be a son of the creator Taʻaroa. His cult spread from the great marae of Taputapuātea on Raiatea to Tahiti and beyond in the 17th and 18th centuries, carried by chiefs and by the Arioi society of performers. It declined after Christian conversion in the 1810s.

ʻOro
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Kingdom of Raiatea

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). ʻOro. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oro
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“ʻOro.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oro. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “ʻOro.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oro.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘ʻOro’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/oro (Accessed: ).

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