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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.
Although the narrative of ‘Ruatepupuke’ is the most commonly accepted origin story of tribal woodcarving (whakairo) – Māori ethnographer Elsdon Best’s translations of the Mataora myth suggest the influence of Rarohenga’s entities in the cultural and artistic development of woodcarving practiced today. [5]
Analysis by Kayser et al. (2008) discovered that only 21 per cent of the Māori-Polynesian autosomal gene pool is of Melanesian origin, with the rest (79 per cent) being of East Asian origin. [6] Another study by Friedlaender et al. (2008) also confirmed that Polynesians are closer genetically to Micronesians , Taiwanese indigenous peoples, and ...
Auahitūroa, the personification of comets, and the origin of fire. Haere, several personifications of the rainbow. Ikatere, a fish god and father of all sea creatures. Io Matua Kore, the supreme being; personification of light and the world of the living and the forest. Kahukura, a war god who appears as the upper bow of a double rainbow.
In Māori mythology, Rūaumoko (also known as Rūamoko) is the god of earthquakes, volcanoes and seasons. [1] [2] He is the youngest son of Ranginui (the Sky father) and Papatūānuku (the Earth mother) (commonly called Rangi and Papa).
Haumia-tiketike (or simply Haumia) [a] is the god of all uncultivated vegetative food in Māori mythology.He is particularly associated with the starchy rhizome of the Pteridium esculentum, [b] which became a major element of the Māori diet in former times. [8]
Once his aunty had calmed and left him to be, Māui broke off some branches from the tree he hid on and made his way back to his people where he retold the story of his adventure. He believed that Mahuika's last flame was hidden inside the kaikōmako wood. Māui started a fire by rubbing the wood together and blowing into it.
Rakataura was born in Hawaiki, and was the eldest member of the senior line of his hapū. [2] He received the name Hape, due to his inward-turning feet. [2] Rakataura was the senior tohunga (priest/navigator) of the Tainui migratory waka, and in some traditions, is identified as the shipbuilder of the vessel.