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	Wikipedia: Tuna
		Tuna are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae.
		Tunas are fast swimmers and like most other fish species are cold-blooded.
		It is difficult to keep tuna in a captive environment; Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of the few aquariums in the world that successfully keep tuna in display.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/t/tu/tuna.html (195 words)

	Tuna (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tuna Court District, a district of Medelpad in Sweden
		Tuna Grand Court District, a district of Dalarna in Sweden
		Tuna Laguna, a Norwegian post-rock band of Trondheim in Norway
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tuna_(disambiguation) (220 words)

	tuna fish - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about tuna fish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Tuna fish gather in shoals and migrate inshore to breed, where they are caught in large numbers.
		The increasing use by Pacific tuna fishers of enormous driftnets, which kill dolphins, turtles, and other marine creatures as well as catching the fish, has caused protests by environmentalists; tins labelled ‘dolphin-friendly’ contain tuna not caught by driftnets.
		In spite of the introduction of quotas in Australia in the 1980s, the country's catch of southern bluefin tuna in 1990–91 was 5,000 tonnes – the lowest since 1962, and the species could be in danger of extinction.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /tuna+fish (255 words)

	Tuna
		They are warm-blooded, which enables them to live in colder waters, which enable tuna species to survive a wider range circumstances.
		Tuna is a popular food, and in danger from overfishing.
		In Polynesian mythology, Tuna is the god of eels who was sentenced to be executed (by the Upolo[?]) after trying to rape Sina (who had grown him in a jar).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/tu/Tuna.html (139 words)

	file_nav_name Encyclopedia Index (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In the study of mythology and religion, the underworld is a generic term approximately equivalent to the lay term afte...
		Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, the apparent religion of the Iron Age Celts.
		In Norse mythology, Ullr â¡ is a son of Sif and a stepson of Thor.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com.cob-web.org:8888 /topics/mythology.html (7922 words)

	Fruit in Mythology
		In Norse* mythology, apples are a symbol of eternal youth.
		In Greek and Roman mythology, figs are sometimes associated with Dionysus (Bacchus to the Romans), god of wine and drunkenness, and with Priapus, a satyr who symbolized sexual desire.
		In Greek and Roman mythology, pears are sacred to three goddesses: Hera (Juno to the Romans), Aphrodite (Venus to the Romans), and Pomona, an Italian goddess of gardens and harvests.
	www.mythencyclopedia.com /Fi-Go/Fruit-in-Mythology.html (1589 words)

	The Mythology of Oceania
		In Fijian mythology, Degei is the Serpent-God in the Kauvadra hills.
		In Samoan mythology, he is the War-God, who is described as a huge octopus, living under the sea with his tentacles reaching to the far corners of the known world like a huge compass with eight hands.
		In the mythology of Ata, one of the Tongan islands, Laufakanaa is the God of inds.
	www.janeresture.com /oceania_myths/mythology.htm (3901 words)

	Polynesia: The Trail of Plants and Animals
		Tuna, the eel lover of Sina, was killed by jealous suitors, but at his last meeting he had told Sina of his impending fate.
		Though the Polynesians travelled into central Polynesia by the Micronesian route, such important food plants as the breadfruit, banana, yam, and finer taro were carried from Indonesia to New Guinea and relayed by Melanesians to their eastern outpost at Fiji.
		From the center, the plants and animals and the polytheistic mythology were carried along the various radials by the later voyagers of the tenth to the fourteenth century.
	www.janeresture.com /polynesia_plants/index.htm (3232 words)

	Tuna Fish Seafood
		Tuna Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Scombridae Genus: Thunnus Species Thunnus alalunga Thunnus albacares Thunnus atlanticus Thunnus maccoyii Thunnus obesus Thunnus orientalis Thunnus thynnus Thunnus tonggol Tuna are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the food chain.
		Tuna are several species of ocean-dwelling fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the food chain.
		Some of the larger tuna species such as the bluefin, are endangered because of overfishing, while others are part of well maintained fisheries, such as the bluefin tuna can raise their blood temperature above the water temperature with muscular activity.
	se52.netpage-ues.com /tunafishseafood.html (934 words)

	tuna Tuna are several species species of ocean dwelling...
		tuna "Tuna" are several species species of ocean-dwelling fish fish in the family Scombridae Scombridae.
		It is difficult to keep tuna in a captive environment; Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of the few aquariums in the world that successfully keep tuna in display.
		In Polynesian mythology Polynesian mythology, "Tuna" is the god of eel eels who was sentenced to be executed (by the Upolo Upolo) after trying to rape Sina Sina (who had grown him in a jar).
	www.biodatabase.de /tuna (275 words)

	students of mythology
		AMONG students of mythology certain characters in the legends of the various nations are known as "culture heroes." Mankind has from time to time learned exceedingly useful lessons and has also usually ascribed the new knowledge to some noted person in the national mythology.
		Tuna, in the legends of Fiji, was a demon of the sea.
		The story of Kuna or Tuna is a legend with a foundation in the enmity between two chiefs of the long ago, and also in a desire to explain the origin of the family of eels and the invention of nets and traps.
	www.harvestfields.netfirms.com /ebook/etexts/46/02.htm (11662 words)

	The Maui Cycle
		Among the Polynesians themselves almost every group had its own versions of the tales, and the large number of variants, many of which have fortunately been recorded, make the Maui cycle one of the most important for the-study of this whole area.
		From the evidence it would appear that the episode was one which was a part of the older structure of Polynesian mythology and which in the central and western areas had been overlaid by later elements.
		The various versions of this legend which have been recorded in the Polynesian area present minor differences which would seem to be significant, and a consideration of some of the separate incidents of this myth may, therefore, be instructive.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles29/mythology-3.shtml (4005 words)

	Clinton Goveas :: Wikipedia Reference
		Hawaii was first inhabited in roughly AD 1000, by Polynesian settlers who came from islands in the South Pacific, and jared is the king.
		Anthropologists believe that Polynesians from the Marquesas and Society Islands first populated the Hawaiian Islands at some time after AD 300-500, although recent evidence has pointed to an initial settlement of as late as 800-1000.
		Hawaii represents the northernmost extension of the vast Polynesian triangle of the south and central Pacific Ocean.
	www.clintongoveas.com /wikipedia/?title=Hawaii (7090 words)

	American Samoa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Polynesians account for a large majority of the population.
		Subsistence agriculture and the export of canned tuna and handicrafts became the mainstays of the economy after the U.S. naval base at Pago Pago closed down in 1951.
		Nearly all the land is owned by the Polynesian natives, who are considered American nationals, not citizens, and do not vote in U.S. elections.
	www.bartleby.com /65/am/AmerSam.html (301 words)

	part11
		These seeds or eggs (the Cosmic Egg in Aquarius) are broken in half by Tangaroa to become the Sky (Light in Aquarius) and the Earth (the fluid matter of mulaprakriti in Pisces).
		She, Pele, is the shakti or female power of kundalini, the serpentfire in man, which has a volcanic action when aroused from the base of the spine.
		This serpent flow is symbolized by the sinuous eel Tuna, the lover of Hina.
	members.aol.com /maatmythology/part11.htm (2709 words)

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		In Polynesian mythology (specifically: Maori), Hahau-Whenua ("searching for land") is an archaic name for New Zealand.
		According to Polynesian mythology, Maui-tiki-tiki-e-Taranga («Maui carried in the cradle of his mother's hair»), a mischievous half-human, half-god figure, discovered New Zealand.
		It is said that Maui was born prematurely and was abandoned by his mother in the surf.
	www.lycos.com /info/polynesian-mythology--maui.html (239 words)

	Magia D' La Luna
		Tawhaki is the Polynesian god of thunder and lightning, and a Maori hero.
		The Horned Lord is known as Cernunnos in Celtic mythology and as Herne the Hunter in southern England.
		In Greek mythology the Titans were the 12 children of Uranus and Gaea (Heaven and Earth), and some of the children of the 12.
	www.magialuna.net /godt.html (2092 words)

	Rapa Nui / Geography, History and Religion
		The word tuna in the compound name of Riri-tuna-rei means eel, and it is evident that this fragment records a memory of the well-known myth of the origin of the coconut from the head of an eel.
		The spirits were stated to have introduced tattooing, turmeric dyes, and a variety of yam, which they must have brought from the land of the dead away to the westward.
		The Easter Islanders shared in the general Polynesian concept of a spirit land, not as a place of reward or punishment but simply as a land beyond the grave to which the undying souls of all men may return.
	pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu /rapanui/rapa1.html (2565 words)

	Astronomical links tying Polynesia to America
		The Polynesians probably used the same knowledge of the sky as their ancestors, in this case the dark constellation visible in the southern sky.
		If the Polynesians used the same celestial objects as the ancient Andean people, the Llama and the fox were once common concepts to both people.
		This Polynesian story is a typical classic hero myth similar to a Native American myth where its hero extended daylight.
	solo.manuatele.net /astronomy.htm (6056 words)

	Oceania - The Center, Apex and Base of the Polynesian Triangle
		Therefore all Polynesian cultures, wherever found in the wide spaces of the Polynesian triangle have common elements that can be traced back to a common period of reorganization in central Polynesia.
		Tahitian mythology or theology, however, continued to evolve, and the myths, as recorded for Tahiti by Teuira Henry from the manuscripts of the Reverend Orsmond, include changes made after the long-distance mariners had left the near homeland of Havai'i.
		In Polynesian society, the family was ruled by the senor male, who was succeeded by his eldest son.
	www.janesoceania.com /oceania_buck1 (14308 words)

	Chapter II: The Maui Cycle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Maui's birth is generally not dissimilar to that of his other brothers, in New Zealand the hero is declared to have been an abortion, which his mother wrapped up in her apron or topknot, and either abandoned in the bush or threw into the sea.
		There it is attributed solely to Tangaroa and is a variant of the story of how, in the beginning, he cast a rock down from the sky to serve as an abiding place for his daughter, the snipe, in the world of waters.
		Where this myth is recorded in the Polynesian area, Maui is given merely a firebrand by the deity.
	allstarz.hollywood.com /religioustext/pac/om/om07.htm (4799 words)

	Japan - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Though Japan did not appear in written history until 57 AD, when it is first mentioned in Chinese records as the nation of "Wa" (in Chinese, "Wo"), or "dwarf state", these chronicles tell a much different and much more legendary history of Japan, deriving the people of Japan from the gods themselves.
		According to traditional Japanese mythology, Japan was founded in the 7th century BC by the ancestral Emperor Jinmu, a direct descendant of the Shinto deity Amaterasu.
		Although Japan is usually self-sufficient in rice (except for its use in making rice crackers and processed foods), the country must import about 50% of its requirements of other grain and fodder crops, and relies on imports for most of its supply of meat.
	www.startsurfing.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/j/a/p/Japan.html (4999 words)

	Legends of Maui
		The Polynesians not only ascribed human attributes to all animal life with which they were acquainted, but also carried the idea of an alligator or dragon with them, wherever they went, as in the mo-o of the story Tuna-roa.
		In some of the Polynesian legends it is said that his wives and children complained because of his laziness and at last goaded him into a new effort.
		MONG students of mythology certain characters in the legends of the various nations are known as "culture heroes." Mankind has from time to time learned exceedingly useful lessons and has also usually ascribed the new knowledge to some noted person in the national mythology.
	fraktali.849pm.com /text/archive/myth/maui.htm (21954 words)

	RedOrbit - Science - Whakapapa as a Maori Mental Construct: Some Implications for the Debate over Genetic Modification ...
		Polynesians possess oral traditions that reveal sophisticated understandings of the world and of their place in it.
		Maori inherited a similar intellectual legacy from ancestors who arrived in oceangoing canoes from an Eastern Polynesian homeland, thought by anthropologists to be located in the Society, Austral, and Cook Island groups.
		Instead, the primary purpose of plant and animal whakapapa such as that depicted in figure 4 appears to be that of making sense of the surrounding environment by functioning both as a "folk taxonomy" of important resources, and as a "mind map" of a particular ecosystem.
	www.redorbit.com /news/display?id=56003 (8421 words)

	American Samoa. The World Factbook. 2003
		This is a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned.
		Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export.
		tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts
	www.bartleby.com /151/aq.html (913 words)

	Several Rongorongo Records (Symbolism of Archaic Beliefs) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The rules of gradual phonetic evolution of the Polynesian languages are noteworthy to read some words successfully.
		The words 49-50 (Maui, the sun god in the Maori mythology) and 6-50 (ahi 'fire') are interchangeable segments only.
		The Polynesian Discovery and Settlement of Easter Island.
	www.anthroglobe.ca /docs/Sergei/Rongorongo-records.htm (4304 words)

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		In Polynesian mythology (specifically: Maori), Tiki is the first man, created by either Tu Matauenga or Tane.
		At his request, she buried his head in the sand and from it grew the first coconut.
		In Polynesian mythology (specifically: Fiji), Murimuria is the underworld.
	www.lycos.com /info/polynesian-mythology--miscellaneous.html (214 words)

	Learn more about Tuna in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /t/tu/tuna.html (229 words)

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