Manu-i-te-ra

"Bird of the Sun, Bird of Day." A god whose habitat was the hill Hiku-rangi, Gisborne. His house was called Totoka. It was on his hill that mortals took refuge during the flood (of Rua-tapu).

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References

Sources

  • Taylor, Richard. (1870). Te Ika a Maui. 2nd ed. London: Macintosh, p. 283.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 209.