Anu-mātao

"Cold space." A goddess of space and a personification of cold. She is a descendant of Rangi and Poko-harua-te-pō, and a child of Moe-waho. She begat Anu-whakarere.

Te Anu-mātao was taken to wife by Tangaroa and became by him the mother of the fish deities — the twins Te Pounamu and Poutini, and Te Whata-uira-a-tangaroa and Te Whatu-kura. See Te Tini-o-te-Anu.

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References

Sources

  • Shortland, Edward. (1882). Maori Religion and Mythology. London: Longmans Green, p. 18.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 12.
  • White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, pp. 1:34, 44, 53.