Rūhi-te-rangi

The issue of Rehua and Peke-hawani, from whom sprung all food products cultivated by man. "Kua tau te waewae o Rūhi ki te whenua" was a common saying: it meant that crops or fruit are 'set' (makuru).

References

Source

  • Best, Eldson. (1899). "Notes on Maori Mythology." Journal of the Polynesian Society 8:93-121, pp. 105-106.