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In Polynesian mythology, Ika-Roa ("the long fish which gave birth to all the stars") was a goddess of the Milky Way and the mother of all the stars.

Ika-Roa was also called Mangaroa ("river of flour" or "long brook") and Mango-Roa-I-Ata (the latter by the Maori).

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