Original sentence: Due to the growing influence of Taputapuatea - one can characterize it as a type of central pilgrimage site - Oro gained more political power and religious influence within the polynesian pantheon.The colonists who settled as part of the polynesian expansion spread their religion amongst the various islands.The motif of the marriage of a human woman with a god descended from the sky is recurrent in polynesian mythology, as well as being evident in numerous other mythologies from various cultures.The rainbow is also a symbol in Hawaiian mythology, even though the cult of Oro is a relatively late creation, coming about sometime after the settlement of the Hawaiian Archipelago by polynesians from the Society Islands.These main gods were also venerated on the other polynesian islands
Edited sentence: Due to the growing influence of Taputapuatea - one can characterize it as a type of central pilgrimage site - Oro gained more political power and religious influence within the Polynesian pantheon.The colonists who settled as part of the Polynesian expansion spread their religion amongst the various islands.The motif of the marriage of a human woman with a god descended from the sky is recurrent in Polynesian mythology, as well as being evident in numerous other mythologies from various cultures.The rainbow is also a symbol in Hawaiian mythology, even though the cult of Oro is a relatively late creation, coming about sometime after the settlement of the Hawaiian Archipelago by Polynesians from the Society Islands.These main gods were also venerated on the other Polynesian islands