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J. H. Mitchell records two of the songs sung on these occasions, which include the line, "I have four permanent sources of mana in the world: Jehovah, Christ, the Holy Ghost, and Rongomaiwahine." [12] Rongomai-wahine is carved on the pare (door lintel) of the Takitimu wharenui at Waihīrere marae, built at Wairoa in 1926.
In Samoa, there two types of atua: atua (non-human origins) and aitu (human origins). In Samoa, the atua known as Tagaloa was regarded as the creator of all beings. The atua known as Savea was recognized as being the ruler over Pulotu, the underworld of spirits. He is a complex figure in Samoan mythology and represents death and life.
[12]: 572 The name Uenuku also belongs to one or more atua associated with rainbows and war; [12]: 572 depending on the telling, he was either a mortal who was visited by a mistmaiden from the heavens and then turned into a rainbow to be with her after tricking her into staying in his house past dawn, or he was a spirit who visited Tamatea ...
Te Rauparaha composed "Ka Mate" circa 1820 as a celebration of life over death after his lucky escape from pursuing Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato enemies. [1] [2] He had hidden from them, on Motuopihi Island in Lake Rotoaira, in a kūmara storage pit while a woman (wāhine) by the name of Rangikoaea straddled the pit to hide and protect him. [3]
This is a list of Māori deities, known in Māori as atua. Note: there are two Mythologies relating Tangaroa, Papatuanuku and Ranginui (Raki) Major departmental deities
In November 2020, the Royal Society Te Apārangi awarded Higgins the Pou Aronui award for dedicated service to the humanities–aronui over a sustained period. [14] In March 2021, Higgins was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, recognising "her scholarly contributions have made a significant impact in sharing new discourse, insights and understanding of mātauranga Māori and ...
Mar. 3—A crowd of 3, 229 watched the Rainbow Wahine secure one of the two double-byes into the semifinals of the Big West Tournament in Henderson, Nev., in two weeks, where they will go for a ...
Waiwhero : he whakahirahiratanga o te ira wahine [The red waters : a celebration of womanhood]. Ngaruawahia. ISBN 978-0-473-25866-5. OCLC 880986463. {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ; Ngahuia Murphy (2013). Te Awa Atua - Menstruation In The Pre-Colonial World. Ngaruawahia, N.Z.: He Puna Manawa Ltd. ISBN 978-0-473-25966-2.