Aputahi-a-pawa

A personification of thunder — a single peal. Also the name of a terrible storm raised by the incantations of Ngātoro-i-rangi. In this storm the host of Manaia was destroyed.¹

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References

Notes

Grey, Sir George. (1855). Polynesian Mythology. Auckland: Brett, p. 112; Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 17.

Source

Best, Elsdon. (1924). The Maori. Wellington: Harry H. Tombs, p. 175.

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