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Mahuika, the goddess of fire. Moekahu, a lesser known goddess (or god) of Tūhoe whose form was of a dog , and a sibling of Haere. Rohe, the goddess of the spirit world. Tangotango, a celestial woman who fell in love with the great hero Tāwhaki and came to earth to become his wife.
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.
This is an example of a family tree of the Māori gods showing the most important gods in Māori mythology. This family tree gives just an example - there are remarkable regional variations. Māori Goddesses are displayed in italics. The primordial gods were Ranginui and Papatūānuku, Heaven and Earth.
Kama (left) with Rati on a temple wall of Chennakesava Temple, Belur, India Eos by Evelyn De Morgan (1895) depicts Eos, a Greek dawn goddess. A love deity is a deity in mythology associated with romance, sex, lust, or sexuality. Love deities are common in mythology and are found in many polytheistic religions. Female sex goddesses are often ...
Goddesses in Māori mythology. Pages in category "Māori goddesses" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Māui attempting to enter Hine-nui-te-pō. Carving by Tene Waitere in the meeting house Rauru (opened in 1900). [1] Hinenuitepo meeting house at Te Whaiti in 1930. Hine-nui-te-pō ("the great woman of the night") in Māori legends, is a goddess of night and she receives the spirits of humans when they die.
In Māori mythology, Ārohirohi is the goddess of mirages and shimmering heat, and is the wife of Tama-nui-te-rā (the Sun). [ 1 ] She created Mārikoriko (Twilight), the first woman , from a mirage and then asked Paoro (Echo) to give her a voice.
In Māori mythology, as in other Polynesian traditions, Māui is a culture hero and a trickster, famous for his exploits and cleverness. He possessed superhuman strength, and was capable of shapeshifting into animals such as birds and worms.