# Manana Take

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**Manana Take** was a [goddess](/source/Goddess) in the [Rapa Nui mythology](/source/Rapa_Nui_mythology), the original [religion](/source/Religion) on [Easter Island](/source/Easter_Island).[1] She was the consort of [Era Nuku](/source/Era_Nuku), the god of the feathers and farming.

Manana Take lived in [sky](/source/Sky). The Manana once visited earth in the shape of a fish, which was given to the [king](/source/King) because of its size and [beauty](/source/Beauty). Recognising the divinity in the fish, all monarchs were thereafter forbidden to swim in the [sea](/source/Sea).

## References

1. Thomson, W.J. [*Te Pito Te Henua, Or Easter Island*](https://books.google.com/books?id=8gKvwnWvwjsC&pg=PT1). Government Printing Office. ISBN 9781605069531. Retrieved 2015-11-09.

- Thomson, W.J. [*Te Pito Te Henua, Or Easter Island*](https://books.google.com/books?id=8gKvwnWvwjsC&pg=PT1). Government Printing Office. ISBN 9781605069531. Retrieved 2015-11-09.

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