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Hinenuitepō, the goddess of night and death, and ruler of the underworld. 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 ...
God of war, hunting, fishing and agriculture: Tāwhirimātea God of the Weather, and storms [1] Hine-ahu-one First woman: Tāne-mahuta God of forests and birds: Tangaroa God of the sea : Rongo-mā-tāne God of peace, and of cultivated plants: Haumia-tiketike God of wild food plants: Urutengangana God of the light : Ruaumoko God of Earthquakes ...
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.
A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in polytheistic religions. Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their mythologies as commanding war in order to spread religion.
According to Horatio Gordon Robley, there are two main ideas behind the symbolism of hei-tiki: they are either memorials to ancestors, or represent the goddess of childbirth, Hineteiwaiwa. The rationale behind the first theory is that they were often buried when their kaitiaki (guardian) died and retrieved later to be placed somewhere special ...
In Māori mythology, Tinirau is a guardian of fish. He is a son of Tangaroa, the god of the sea. His home at Motutapu (sacred island) is surrounded with pools for breeding fish. He also has several pet whales. Hinauri, sister to the Māui brothers, had married Irawaru, who was transformed into a dog by Māui-tikitiki. In her grief Hinauri ...
Hei-tiki may signify memorials to ancestors, or represent the goddess of childbirth, Hineteiwaiwa. The rationale behind the first idea is that they were often buried when their kaitiaki (guardian) died and would be later retrieved and placed somewhere special to be brought out in times of tangihanga (mourning and associated activities).
Believed to have origins as a Nubian goddess, Menhit is always depicted as a lioness with solar disk and a uraeus symbol. [1] [3] Coffin texts associate her with being a tutelary and solar deity. [1] Some sources identify her as the subject of the "Distant Goddess" myth. In one legend, the Eye of Ra flees from Egypt.