OCEANIC GODS
Dimension of Origin: Celestial Hawaiki ==History== The Oceanic gods are a race of superhumanly powerful humanoid
beings comprised of two separate pantheons of gods, namely the Kahunas, worshipped by the ancient Polynesian and Maori tribes of Polynesia and
Hawaii and the Wondjina, worshipped by the aborigine tribes of Australia and its
out-lying islands since around 2000 BC into recent times. The Ancient Polynesians
identified their gods as the Atua or Akua, but they were later identified as the
Kahunas by the native Hawaiians. The exact connection between
the Polynesian and Australian gods is rather undefined, but some connection
exists between the two groups suggesting they share a common ancestry. It is
known that several Oceanic gods such as Daquwada
and Tawhaki
have worshippers in both Polynesia and the islands of New Zealand off the east
coast of Australia. While the Australia gods are typically confined to their
Australian worshippers, the Maori people carried their gods
throughout the islands of the Pacific Ocean the east coast of Australia. According to ancient myths, Papa mated with the primal sky-god,
Rangi, and
bore him the Atua, the first generation of the Oceanic gods. Rangi so loved Papa
that he held her in a tight embrace, resulting in clouds and darkness on earth
suppressing all life on earth. In order to save the earth, their sons took turns
trying to separate them, opposed only by Tu, the war-god, who cared for nothing
else over the gods themselves. Eventually, the young god, Tame, reached maturity
and used an enchanted axe to sever the ties connecting earth and heaven,
cleaving the two halves and raising his father to a lofty place in the sky.
Designating stars to adorn the heavens, he then decorated Earth with trees to
lift the vault of heaven. Tame became the most revered of the Oceanic gods and
became ruler of the pantheon. The origins of the Australian gods are
unrevealed. All of the aborigine tribes of Australia had their own myths of
creation; many of which are contradictory and possibly apocryphal. Their most
ancient deity was Yurlunggur, the world serpent, from whom all life originated
and who had numerous names. It is possible Yurlunggur was an animistic name of
Gaea as mother-earth, as was Altjira, the bird-god who represented the skies. The ancestors of the Australian
gods are believed to have visited Australia at a mythical period of time known
as the Dreamtime. (According to all Australian tribes, all history exists in
three different time periods. The modern age exists in Real Time when mankind
exists, the memories of our ancestors taught to their descendants exist in Past
Time and then there is a period of time before mankind existed which is called
the Dreamtime. Some references inaccurately refer to Celestial Bullima, the land
of the Australia gods, as the Dreamtime.) During the Dreamtime, the ancestors of
the Australian gods cleaved mountains and rivers and created trees and forests
out of the inhospitable territory to make it suitable for mortals. (Later myths
even claimed they created man and animals from the rocks of the earth.) Later
Australian gods such as Baiame, Bunjil and Nurunderi became the tutelary deities
of the Maori ancestors of the Australian tribes with Baiame
becoming lord over all. The exact names of the ancestral Australian gods are
unrevealed. Neither Tame nor Baiame objected to the power or sovereignty of
the other, and both of them became beneficent and powerful gods who only saw the
potential of human beings on earth. They both became members of the Council
of Godheads, formed by Odin,
Chieftain of the Asgardian
gods, to share information on the threat of the Third Host of the Celestials
to earth among other potential threats. Both Tame and Baiame also donated
portions of the life-energies to Thor
required to restore the Asgardians to life after the destruction of the
Destroyer melted during the Fourth Host of the Celestials. The Oceanic gods
still have worshippers on earth, but not as many as they had in ancient times
due to the presence of religions such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism
carried by invaders through the islands since the 16th Century. Tame is a known
member of the Council
Elite, comprised of the god-heads of Earth's pantheons in order to monitor
threats against the Earth, such as Thanos and Mikaboshi.
==Characteristics==
Body Type: Humanoid
==Powers==
Avg. Strength Level: All
of the Oceanic gods are superhumanly strong with the average male being able to lift
(press) about 30 tons under optimal conditions and the average female being able
to lift (press) about 25 tons under optimal conditions. ==Miscellaneous==
Type of Government: Tribal ==Trivia== ==References== ==External Links==
Habitat: Tropical
Gravity: Earth-like
Atmosphere: Earth-like
Population: 300-500 range
Other Associated Dimensions: Celestial Hawaiki is a large land mass
floating in inter-dimensional space resembling an asteroid with a large island
surrounded by sea and experiencing periods of night and day. It is protected by
an unexplained force which keeps the other edges from eroding and its seas from
completely vanishing; these seas dimensionally interfaced with different regions
of the Pacific Ocean on earth. Celestial Bullima, a
gathering place for a branch of the Oceanic gods worshipped by the Australian
aborigines may be a part of this land mass or a separate realm altogether.
There is also the underworld of Po, the land of the dead set aside for the
shades of mortals who have died.
The Kahunas or Hawaiian gods dwell in Celestial Hawaiki,
a small "pocket" dimension adjacent to Earth; an interdimensional
nexus possibly exists between Hawaiki and Earth on the island of Raiatea near Samoa in French Polynesia. which may be part of the
Maori cosmology of worlds including Po, the underworld reserved for the land of
the dead. The Kahunas' human worshippers in
Polynesia called these gods by different
names than those by which the gods were known in the later Hawaiian Islands: for example,
the Polynesians called the king of the gods Kame or Kane, whereas the Hawaiians called him
Tame. The Australian gods,
however, dwell in Tuniruna ("upper world"), alternately known as Bullima ("meeting place")
connected to Ayer's Rock (also known as Uluru) in
a remote part of Australia's Northern Territory, but they once existed on Earth in the distant past alongside their worshippers.
The shades of their ancestors retreated at death to the realm of Purelko, the aborigine
name of Beralku, the land their ancestors came from and retreated to after their
time on Earth ended. The Oceanic gods are still worshipped on earth through the Pacific
Islands, most notably in Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia and New
Zealand, but
they no longer traffic earth as much as they once did in ancient times.
The precise origin of the Oceanic gods, like that of all of Earth's pantheons of gods, is shrouded in
legend. According to ancient myths, the earliest gods were Papa and Vatea,
progeny of the ancient Earth goddess, Varima-va-te-Takare, who were later known
as Papa and Rangi, the
primeval parents of all the later Oceanic gods. It is believed that Varima and Rangi
were actually
Gaea, the
primordial earth-mother, known as Eingana to the Australian aborigines, who had survived the destruction of the Elder Gods of
Earth by infusing her life into the life-giving essence of the Earth. Many of
the Elder Gods had degenerated into demonic status and were destroyed by Atum or
had fled Earth for other planes of existence. Atum had been born from Gaea by
mating with the sentient biosphere of the Earth known as the Demiurge. Atum
later departed the earth, but it is unknown if he is the same figure as Rangi,
known alternately as Ouranus
by the Greeks and Romans.
Avg. Height: 6' 0"
Eyes: Two
Hair: Normal
Skin: Normal
Limbs: Two
Fingers: Five with opposable thumb
Toes: Five
Special Adaptations: The
Kahunas or Oceanic gods are exceptionally long-lived, but they are not immortal
like the Olympian gods; they age very slowly upon reaching adulthood, but they
are not invulnerable to death. They are physically more durable than human
beings; their skin, bone and tissue being three times more durable and dense
than similar tissue in human beings.
Known Powers: The Oceanic Gods possess superhuman strength, stamina
Known Abilities: All the Oceanic gods are capable fighters, hunters and
sailors capable of living and existing well without the use of their mystical
powers.
Level Of Technology: Magic
Cultural Traits: The Oceanic Gods were worshipped as gods in Ancient
Polynesia and Pacific Islands well into Australia. Part of their influence might
have extended into the Incan gods of South America.
Names of Representatives:
(Polynesian/Hawaiian gods)
Daqawada,
Haumea,
Hina,
Lono/Rongo,
Marama,
Namaka,
Pele,
Polivah,
Rangi/Eingana,
Sina,
Tame,
Tangaroa,
Tara,
Tawhaki/Whiro,
Tu, et al.
(Australian gods)
Baiame, Birrah,
Brolga, Bunjil,
Daramulum,
Gnowee,
Mamaragan,
Marmoo/Narahdarn, et al.
Names of Allies:
Maui,
Tawhiri,