Mako-i-rangi

After Rangi and Papa were separated, Rangi is said to have cohabited with Pō. Their first-born child was Te Mako-i-rangi, whose descendants are the patupaiarehe, the fairies or gnomes of Māori legends.

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References

Source

  • Gudgeon, W. E. (1905). "Maori Religion." Journal of the Polynesian Society 14:107-130, p. 116.