Ruru-mahara

Ruru-mahara and Ruru-wareware were two birds, guardians of the fish pools, and servants of Tinirau. The told their master that Hine-i-te-iwaiwa had broken the mirror-fountain in which Tinirau surveyed himself.

Ruru-wareware was also the name of a pet owl of Ue-nuku (see Ruru-atamai).

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References

Sources

  • Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 436.
  • White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, p. 2:134.
  • Wohlers, J. F. H. (1875). "Mythology and Tradition of the Maori." New Zealand Institute, Transactions 7:3-53, p. 25.