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Malara, in the mythology of the Orokolo, of the south coast of Papua New Guinea, is the god of the planet Venus. The myths indicates that Malara was looking for wives. He found Eau and Havoa, the daughters of the sun-god Maelare, and married them.

References

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  • Holmes, John Henry (1926). Way Back in Papua. Original from the University of California: G. Allen & Unwin, ltd.
  • Kiki, Albert Maori (1968). Kiki: Ten Thousand Years in a Lifetime, a New Guinea Autobiography. Original from the University of Michigan: F. A. Praeger.