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| | Polynesia: About the Marquesas Islands |
 | | In other islands, Atea married Papa, but since Papa was already given in marriage, the Marquesan school created the new personage, Atanua, as wife for Atea. |
 | | From this couple were born the Upper-stratum and the Lower-stratum who, in turn, gave birth to Atea and Atanua. |
 | | Vatea (Atea) and his wife Atanua occur on the fiftieth generation from the Sky-father, Tiki occurs on the seventy-first generation, so that the order in sequence of Vatea and Tiki is orthodox. |
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