Poutini

Poutini was a fish deity, a son of Tangaroa and Anu-mātao, and twin of Te Pounamu. His other brothers are Te Whata-uira-a-Tangaroa and Te Whatu-kura.

In a Taranaki version of the myth, Poutini is a goddess but is still associated with greenstone.

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References

Sources

  • Shortland, Edward. (1882). Maori Religion and Mythology. London: Longmans Green, p. 18.
  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, pp. 360-361.