Hāpopo

"Decay." The god who "folded up the sun" in the days of the great Deluge and caused the death of a vast multitude.

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References

Sources

  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 49.
  • White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, p. 1:181.