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Rata (name)
Rata is a Polynesian name, which is reflected in the Māori, Tahitian and Tuamotu mythology. Also an alternate spelling for Ratha (راثا )an Arabic word or a name given. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratha ;Given names * Rata Harrison (1935–2013), New Zealand rugby league player * Rata Lovell-Smith (1894–1969), New Zealand artist ;Surname * Matiu Rata (1934–1997), New Zealand politician * Te Rata (1877–1933), Māori king See also *Rață, a Moldovan surname *Rataj Rataj is a Slavic surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Igor Rataj (born 1973), Slovak ice hockey player * Maciej Rataj (1884–1940), Polish politician and writer * Mojca Rataj (born 1979), Bosnian alpine skier * Tomáš Rataj (b ... * Ratha, an Arabic name {{Given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rātā (Māori Mythology)
In Māori mythology, accounts vary somewhat as to the ancestry of Rātā. Usually he is a grandson of Tāwhaki and son of Wahieroa. Wahieroa is treacherously killed by Matuku-tangotango, an ogre. Rātā sets out to avenge the murder, travelling to the home of Matuku, where a servant of the ogre tells him that Matuku comes out to devour people each new moon, and that he can be killed at the pool where he washes his face and hair. Rātā waits till the ogre comes out and is leaning over with his head in the pool. He grabs him by the hair and kills him. Matuku's bones are used to make spears for hunting birds. Rātā searches for his father's bones so that he can afford them the proper respect. He learns that the Ponaturi have the bones in their village. He must build a canoe to get there. He goes into the forest, and fells a tree, and cuts off the top. His day's work over, he goes home, and returns the next morning. To his surprise he finds the tree standing upright and whole. Once ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rata (Tahitian Mythology)
Rata, in Tahitian mythology, is said to have become king of Tahiti when his uncle, king Tumu-nui, and his father Vahieroa (Tahitian mythology) are swallowed by a great clam while they are on their way to Pitcairn. When he reaches adulthood, Rata plans to avenge his father. As in the Tuamotuan version, Rata identifies a tree to build his canoe, but it is protected by forest elves. After he captures them they build it for him in a single night. While en route for Pitcairn, Rata and his crew are sucked down into the same clam, but they use their spears to cut the monster open. They rescue the remains of Rata's father and uncle and bury them back in Tahiti. After recovering from their adventure, Rata sets out for further adventures. See also Aremata-Popoa and Aremata-Rorua. See also *Rata (Tuamotu mythology) *Rātā (Māori mythology) *Laka In Hawaiian mythology, Laka is the name of two different popular heroes from Polynesian mythology. (In other parts of Polynesia they are know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rata (Tuamotu Mythology)
In the Tuamotu islands, the telling of the full cycle of the legend of Rata takes several evenings to tell. The legend begins with his grandfather Kui, a demigod who marries Puehuehu. Their son Vahi-vero was stolen by two wild ducks that carry him to a distant island where two witches Nua and Mere-hua imprison him. Kui eventually rescues his son, captures the witches, and kills the ducks. Once Vahi-vero In Tuamotu mythology, Vahi-vero is the son of the demigod Kui and a goblin woman named Rima-roa. Kui plants food trees and is also a great fisherman. The goblin woman Rima-roa robs his garden; he lies in wait and seizes her and she bears him th ... reaches adulthood, he falls in love with a water-nymph Tahiti-tokerau, whom he persuades to marry him. She, however, is abducted by Puna (mythology), Puna, king of the underworld. Following his father's advice, he swims down to the underworld and rescues her while Puna is away. Shortly thereafter, Tahiti-tokerau becomes pregnant an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratha
Ratha ( Proto-Indo-Iranian: ''*Hrátʰas'', Sanskrit: रथ, '; Avestan: ''raθa'') is also known as the Indo-Iranian term for a spoked-wheel chariot or a cart of antiquity. Harappan Civilisation The Indus Valley Civilization sites of Daimabad and Harappa in the Indian subcontinent, there is evidence for the use of terracotta model carts as early as 3500 BC during the Ravi Phase. There is evidence of wheeled vehicles (especially miniature models) in the Indus Valley Civilization, but not of chariots. According to Kenoyer, Indo-Aryan Indigenists have argued for the presence of chariots before its introduction by the Indo-Aryans in the early 2nd millennium BCE. Archaeologist B. B. Lal argues that finds of terracotta wheels painted lines (or low relief lines) and similar seals indicate the existence and use of spoked wheel chariots in Harappan Civilization, as showed in the Bhirrana excavations in 2005–06. Bhagwan Singh has made a similar assertion and S.R. Rao has presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rata Harrison
Rata Wiremu Harrison (3 January 1935 – 30 April 2013) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand. He was the brother of fellow New Zealand international Billy Harrison. Playing career Harrison played for Auckland.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. . He played in two test matches for New Zealand in 1961, against France. On 13 August 1962, Harrison was part of the Auckland side who defeated Great Britain 46-13 at Carlaw Park Carlaw Park was a multi-purpose stadium in Parnell, New Zealand, Parnell, a central suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It neighboured the Auckland Domain's Northern end. It was primarily used for rugby league and had a peak spectator capacity of aro .... This was the first televised rugby league match in New Zealand, as one hour of edited highlights were shown on AKTV2 that night and other regional channels showed the highlights the following week.Coffey, John. ''Canterbury XIII'', Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rata Lovell-Smith
Rata Alice Lovell-Smith (née Bird, 1894–1969) was a New Zealand artist from Christchurch. Lovell-Smith trained at the Christchurch College School of Arts and then taught there from 1924 to 1945.Kirker, Anne. ''New Zealand Women Artists'' Reed Methuen, 1986Brown, Gordon and Keith, Hamish. ''An Introduction to New Zealand Painting 1839-1980'' Collins, 1982 Style and subject Her paintings were generally of landscapes, botany, and flowers. She always painted in situ and never painted from notes. Sometimes, she would have several paintings on the go from the same location, each with different weather. Lovell-Smith's painting style is characterised by bold design, broad flat areas of colour, and an almost poster-like style. She emphasised basic patterns and shapes, sometimes exaggerating the intensity of colours. At the time, some critics responded to it by saying it went "counter to good tradition" or that it smacked of commercial art, while others defended her saying: Lovell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matiu Rata
Matiu Waitai Rata (26 March 1934 – 25 July 1997) was a Māori politician who was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party from 1963 to 1980, and a cabinet minister from 1972 to 1975. In 1979 he resigned from the Labour Party and formed the Mana Motuhake Party. As the first-ever Māori Minister of Lands, and the first Māori Minister of Māori Affairs, writes Tiopira McDowell, in the space of three years from 1972, "Rata reformed Māori land policies, elevated the status of the Treaty of Waitangi and Waitangi Day, increased government spending on housing and education and initiated a small but significant shift towards the protection and recognition of Māori language and culture. The Waitangi Tribunal he was instrumental in establishing would be his most lasting and significant contribution to the nation's political history." Early life Rata was born at Te Hāpua to Te Āta (Arthur) Waitai Rata and Mereana Harowe. His tribal connections were with Ngāti Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Rata
Te Rata Mahuta (1884 – 1 October 1933) was the fourth Māori King, reigning from 1912 to 1933. Biography Te Rata was the eldest son of the third king, Mahuta, and Te Marae, daughter of the fighting chief Amukete Te Kerei who was killed in battle at Rangiriri in November 1863. Te Rata was born sometime between 1877 and 1880. He had four younger brothers: Taipu (who died in March 1926), Tumate, Tonga and Te Rauangaanga. He married Te Uranga, daughter of Iriwhata Wharemaki and Hira Wati of Ngāti Korokī. Te Rata was invested with the kingship on 24 November 1912, about two weeks after his father's death. As was the custom for a new Māori King, he assumed the title name of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, beginning a kingship dogged by ill health and controversy. Te Rata Mahuta had at least five children; * Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Potatau Te Wherowhero (m) (with Te Uranga), * Taipu Mahuta (m) (with Te Uranga), * Makareta Hoete Harris (Maihi-Parata) (f) (with Te Ura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rață
Rață is a Moldovan surname that may refer to * Andrew Rayel (born Andrew Rață in 1992), Moldovan producer and DJ * Bogdan Rață, Romanian sculptor * Mariana Raţă, Moldovan journalist * Vadim Raţă (born 1993), Moldovan football player {{DEFAULTSORT:Rata Surnames of Moldovan origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rataj
Rataj is a Slavic surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Igor Rataj (born 1973), Slovak ice hockey player * Maciej Rataj Maciej Rataj (19 February 1884 – 21 June 1940) was a Polish politician and writer. Biography Born in the village of Chłopy, near Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine), on 19 February 1884, he attended a gymnasium in Lwów and studied classical lingu ... (1884–1940), Polish politician and writer * Mojca Rataj (born 1979), Bosnian alpine skier * Tomáš Rataj (born 2003), Czech footballer {{surname Slavic-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
