In Polynesian mythology, Vatea is the first man (son of Varima-te-Takere), along with his wife Papa, who gave birth to a calabash[?] which Vatea made into the sky. Alternatively, Papa, a giant bird, laid an egg which became the island Hawaii. Vatea and Papa then lived there as the first man and woman.
... He first meets Stiva who encourages him in this plan, but, later that evening, Kitty rejects him in the expectation that Vronsky is about to propose to her.
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