Ngaore
"The tender one." A divine ancestress of Tāne. The god took her as his wife but she only gave birth to the toetoe (a species of rush-like grass), and Tāne returned to his mother in displeasure. Papa next advised him to go to his ancestress Pakoti.
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References
Source
- Shortland, Edward. (1882). Maori Religion and Mythology. London: Longmans Green, p. 21.