According to the available account, Motoro is a son of Tangiia and brother of Ruanuku, Kereteki and Utakea. While travelling to Mangaia he argued with his two eldest brothers, was thrown into the sea, and devoured by sharks. The source states that his spirit then floated to Mangaia on a piece of hibiscus, situating the tale in the migration/founding traditions of Mangaia and linking Motoro to the Ngariki tribal narrative.
No physical description or iconography of Motoro is provided in the available source material.
The source identifies Motoro by the epithet i'o ora ('god of the living') and reports that his followers could not be used as human sacrifices. Other supernatural abilities or displays are not described in the provided account.
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