Rangiatea

The temple in Hawaiki whence Kuiwai, the wife of Manaia, stole the gods Maru, Iho-o-te-rangi, Rongo-mai, Itu-pawa, and Haunga-roa.

It is also the name of Turi's house in Hawaiki.1

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References

Notes

  1. Grey, Sir George. (1855). Polynesian Mythology. Auckland: Brett, p. 151.

Sources

  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 394.
  • White, John. (1885). "Maori Customs and Superstitions." In T. W. Gudgeon, History and Doings of the Maoris from 1820 to 1840. Auckland: Brett, pp. 97-225, p. 123.