A New Year Under the Polynesian Sky
“According to Polynesian cosmogony,
in the beginning there was nothing.
No sky, no land, no stars.
Only the Pō, the primordial world, dark and infinite.
Within this void floated a shell.
Inside it was Ta‘aroa, the primordial god, with no father or mother, born from emptiness itself. When he awoke, he broke open his shell and emerged… only to discover that he was alone.
Finding no presence, no life, he made a foundational decision: he shattered his shell to give birth to the world.
Each fragment became creation: Each fragment became creation: the land, the sky, the elements, plants, and living beings.Even his own body took part in this genesis, like a slow dance emerging from darkness.
Thus, from emptiness, the world was born. The stars accompany this cycle.”
- Legend shared by our guides from Tetiaroa
