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Vairumati is the Tahitian goddess, the original mother of the island, the mythical Eve from whom the Maohi people were descended. Gauguin depicted a young woman as the goddess. The white bird with the lizard in its claws is the Tahitian symbol of the ever-recurring cycle of life.
Gauguin repeatedly gave his paintings Tahitian titles, without having actually mastered this language.
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