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was already born. He tried to explain that his wife left him each morning at first light, so his friends suggested that he block up the doors and windows so she could not see the sun. Finally after more torturous ridicule, he was convinced to block the windows and door when she came to him one night so that she could not see the daylight in the morning, then he could prove she existed. This he did, but of course, the mist maiden felt tricked when she found he had deceived her. She sang him a song of farewell and returned to the sky and left him for as long as he lived.
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wife, a goddess, and perished at the top where the two rejoined in the afterlife similarly to Uenuku who, in
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There is a variation where Whena's two children, Whatino and Wharo, were known as great thieves, and likely stole from Uenuku many times. One day, Uenuku managed to catch them, and likely slew them. Whena then slaughters all of Uenuku's children in retaliation, save for
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They had a few months of happiness, though she still appeared only at night and left at dawn, and in time Hinepūkohurangi became pregnant, but no one else could see her and therefore Uenuku was ridiculed. His kinsmen were sceptical of this wife they had never seen - in some tellings, their daughter
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stories concerning Uenuku's ascension to godhood, he betrays the trust of his supernatural wife, Hinepūkohurangi, and wanders the earth searching for her until he dies and transforms into a personification of the rainbow. The tribe claims descent from the union of Hinepūkohurangi and Te Maunga. The
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In traditions most commonly associated with Ngāi Tūhoe—the children of the mist—Uenuku was once human, and one early morning when he was out hunting, in a clearing, he saw two women. One was named Hinepūkohurangi who seemed to coalesce out of the morning mist, and her sister was
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and became angry when his wife, Takarita, committed adultery with two other men, so he killed all three of them. To add insult to injury, he cooked her heart and fed it to his son Ira. Her brother, Tawheta, was more than upset with this, and so gathered a group of men and ambushed five of Uenuku's
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Hawepotiki in revenge. He and his friends then proceeded to eat of the body, and even managed to slip the child's heart into a food basket meant for Chief Uenuku. Uenuku lamented the absence of his son, not knowing where he was, and unwittingly bit into the heart. He was quickly
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Uenuku wandered the world searching for his beloved wife. At last, nearer to his death, seeing him lonely and bent with age, Ranginui took pity, and changed him into a rainbow so that he could join his family in the sky, where they remain to this day and watch over their descendants together.
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Tawheta's village. This saw the slaughter of Tawheta's priest, Hapopo, and many others among his kinsmen. Uenuku even stole Tawheta's daughter, Paimahutanga, to be his wife. This battle was called Whatiuatakamarae. Uenuku was not finished
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difference in their heritage. After this, Ruatapu lures the nobles of
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grooming of his hair before the family set out on a new canoe that Uenuku had built - regardless of the reason, he may not use the comb due to being the son of Uenuku's slave wife. Some tellings say
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of Uenuku, who had unwittingly been entertaining his enemies as guests the whole time. Upon learning of the attack, and with a sense of duty to being a hospitable host, he instructed the guests to leave, and warned that he would pursue them at a later date.
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canoe, Hoimatua sent his little son
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appeared under the arch of the rainbow, it would be defeated in battle, and likewise, if they appeared to either side of the rainbow, they would be victorious. The Māori identified hawk feathers and a particular star called
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and his brother Whakatūria, sons of Houmai, search for the dog, and hear it barking inside Toi's belly. In revenge, they created stilts for Tama (the taller of the brothers) and stole the fruit from Uenuku's
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had an image of Kahukura, often a small carved wooden figure, which was kept in a tapu place. A literal translation of Kahukura is 'red garment'. Rongonuiatau may be a similar atua.
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with a round opening at the top, in which the stone was placed so that the spirit of Uenuku inhabited the carving. The carving is unique in form, and bears a noted resemblance to
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sons. Maputukiterangi, Ropanui, Mahinaiteata, and Whiwhingaiterangi were killed. The fifth, Rongoruaroa, barely survived, but he was wounded. He dragged himself back to the
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with the use of incantations. In some ancient traditions, Moekahu the dog atua of Tūhoe is said to be their sister. Very little is still remembered of Haere.
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and Hine. She plays a minor role in the story of Lau-ka-ʻieʻie, but features more prominently as the ghost of Laka in another story. She may be known across
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