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Hinepūkohurangi, the goddess of the mist. Hineteiwaiwa, the goddess of childbirth, te whare pora and the arts. Hinemoana, the goddess of the ocean. Ikaroa, the long fish that gave birth to all the stars in the Milky Way. Kohara. Kui, the chthonic demigod. Mahuika, the goddess of fire.
The primordial gods were Ranginui and Papatūānuku, Heaven and Earth. Te Anu-matao was the wife of Tangaroa. Hine-titamauri was the wife of Punga. Hine-te-Iwaiwa married Tangaroa and had Tangaroa-a-kiukiu, Tangaroa-a-roto, and Rona. Tangaroa-a-roto and Rona married Te Marama the moon. Hinetakurua married Tama-nui-te-ra, the Sun. [2]
Māori mythology and Māori traditions are two major categories into which the remote oral history of New Zealand's Māori may be divided. Māori myths concern tales of supernatural events relating to the origins of what was the observable world for the pre-European Māori, often involving gods and demigods.
Pages in category "Māori goddesses" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ārohirohi; H.
This is also the case in some parts of tropical Polynesia; for instance, in the Tuamotu archipelago and the Marquesas, Mahu-ika is the fire god who lives in the underworld in addition to being the grandfather of Maui. Maui wrestled him in order to win the secret of making fire. In other parts of Polynesia, similar deities are known as Mafuiʻe ...
Rangi and Papa. Papa and Rangi held each other in a tight embrace. In Māori mythology the primal couple Rangi and Papa (or Ranginui and Papatūānuku) appear in a creation myth explaining the origin of the world and the Māori people [1] (though there are many different versions). In some South Island dialects, Rangi is called Raki or Rakinui.
Mana (Oceanian cultures) Manaia (legendary chief) Mānuka (canoe) Māori migration canoes. Mātaatua. Matahourua. Matariki. Mau rākau. Moekākara.
Traditional Māori religion. Traditional Māori religion, that is, the pre-European belief-system of the Māori, differed little from that of their tropical Eastern Polynesian homeland (Hawaiki Nui), conceiving of everything – including natural elements and all living things – as connected by common descent through whakapapa or genealogy.