Hine-makura

Or Moa-kura, or Moa-kura-manu, a sister of Rua-tapu. She who drank up the waters of the Deluge (Te Tai-a-Ruatapu), and thus saved the few mortals who had fled to the hill Hiku-rangi.

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References

Sources

  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, pp. 71, 245.
  • White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, pp. 3:31, 3:49.