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ID: 901002579
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002579
Record Type: Character/Person

Ikatere (Pacific Islander deity)

Note: In Polynesian and Maori mythology, a fish god, the father of all sea creatures.

Names:
Ikatere (Pacific Islander deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Pacific Islander iconography> (P)
........<Pacific Islander characters> (P)
............Ikatere (Pacific Islander deity) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Pacific Islander
.....(styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... fish (animals)
.....(Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Ikatere (Pacific Islander deity)
................Te Papa online (2000-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Te Papa online (2000-)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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