Hekeheke-i-papa

A goddess of the early period, and one of the wives of Rangi (Raki). She bore him several sky spirits, viz. Tama-i-waho, Tama-rau-tu, Tama-i-a-rangi, Tama-nui-a-rangi, Tama-he-rangi, Te-rangi-whaka-ipuipu, and Rangi-whangaka. These children remained above.

Hekeheke-i-papa is also the name of Turi's cultivation at Patea.1

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Hekeheke, "descend;" i-papa, "at the world."

References

Notes

  1. Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 61.

Source

  • White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, pp. 1:19-20.