Hau-whenua

The land breeze personified as an air deity, as the god of gentle breezes, who cools the earth and young plants. He is an child of the sky father Rangi and the earth mother Papa.

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References

Sources

  • Grey, Sir George. (1855). Polynesian Mythology. Auckland: Brett, p. 15.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 56.