Kaitangata

The son of the god Rehua. He was accidentally slain by the demigod Rupe (Māui-mua) in his search for his sister Hina. Te Pou-o-Whatitiri, the cause of Kaitangata's death, is one of the constellations. A ruddy glow in the sky is proverbially said to be the blood of Kaitangata (ka tuhi Kaitangata).

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References

Sources

  • Grey, Sir George. (1855). Polynesian Mythology. Auckland: Brett, p. 53.
  • Grey, Sir George. (1970). Polynesian Mythology. New York: Taplinger Press, pp. 67-68.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, pp. 35, 118.