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While Hine-nui-te-pō is asleep, Māui undresses himself ready to enter himself into the goddess. The birds who were nearby, fantails, burst into laughter, alerting Hine-nui-te-po. Hine-nui-te-po reacted by crushing him with the obsidian teeth in her vagina; Māui was the first man to die. The problematic themes of rape in this legend are ...
Its original creator was Hine-rau-wharangi (the daughter of Hine-nui-te-po and Tāne), who would provide the pattern to Niwareka, who would then create it for humanity. The cloak itself was developed primarily as a replacement and “ consummation of Mataora’s acceptance of tattoo from the underworld” to substitute the now obsolete artform ...
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] Uru-Te-ngangana is believed to be the father of all light, and his children are stars, sun and moon.
She bore a child with Tāne named Hinetītama (otherwise known as Hinenui-i-te-p ...
Māui's last trick led to his death and involved Hine-nui-te-pō, the goddess of death and the underworld. In an attempt to make mankind immortal by reversing the natural birth process, he transformed into a worm and entered Hine-nui-te-pō's vagina, intending to leave through her mouth while she slept. [6]
Māui is credited with catching a giant fish using a fishhook taken from his grandmother's jaw-bone; the giant fish would become the North Island of New Zealand, known as Te Ika-a-Māui. In some traditions, his canoe became the South Island, known as Te Waka a Māui. His last trick, which led to his death, involved the goddess Hine-nui-te-pō.
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In Polynesian mythology, death is the result of the hero Māui being swallowed up by Hine-nui-te-pō or Night. If he had escaped, mankind would be immortal, however one of the birds that accompanied him burst out laughing, awakening Hine-nui-te-po who crushed Māui to death, ending hopes of immortality with him. [11]