Horotata

A daughter of Mangamanga-i-atua, and one of the two wives of the hero Tinirau before he married Hina. She and her sister Harataunga jealously abused Hina and were later slain by Hina's incantations.

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References

Sources

  • Grey, Sir George. (1922). Polynesian Mythology. Londen: George Routledge & Sons, p. 59.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 85.