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17 chronicles

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Taniwha

Taniwha

The Taniwha, the great water-monsters and guardian-beings of Māori legend — powerful supernatural creatures of the deep rivers, lakes, and dangerous

Polynesian & Oceanic · 03 September 2026

02

Ponaturi

Ponaturi

The Ponaturi, the malevolent sea-goblins of Māori legend — hostile, pale supernatural beings who dwell in the sea by day and come ashore by night, who are

Polynesian & Oceanic · 02 September 2026

03

Patupaiarehe

Patupaiarehe

The Patupaiarehe, the fairy-folk of Māori legend — a race of pale-skinned, fair-haired supernatural beings who dwell in the deep forests and misty

Polynesian & Oceanic · 02 September 2026

04

Kurangaituku

Kurangaituku

Kurangaituku, the bird-woman ogress of Māori legend — a monstrous giantess with bird-like claws who captured the young man Hatupatu and kept him in her

Polynesian & Oceanic · 02 September 2026

05

Tawhaki

Tawhaki

Tāwhaki, the great demigod-hero of Māori and Polynesian mythology — famous for ascending into the heavens to seek his celestial wife and the baskets of

Polynesian & Oceanic · 02 September 2026

06

Hine-titama

Hine-titama

Hine-tītama (the Dawn Maiden), the Māori goddess of the dawn — the radiant daughter and wife of the god Tāne who, on discovering he was also her father,

Polynesian & Oceanic · 02 September 2026

07

Hine-nui-te-po

Hine-nui-te-po

Hine-nui-te-pō (“Great Lady of the Night”), the Māori goddess of death and the underworld — once the Dawn Maiden Hine-titama, she receives all the dead

Polynesian & Oceanic · 02 September 2026

08

Mahuika

Mahuika

Mahuika, the Māori goddess of fire — the fierce fire-deity who held fire in her fingers and toes, from whom the trickster Māui stole fire by a ruse,

Polynesian & Oceanic · 02 September 2026

09

Ruaumoko

Ruaumoko

Rūaumoko (Ruaimoko), the Māori god of earthquakes, volcanoes, and the seasons — the youngest, unborn child carried within the Earth Mother Papatūānuku,

Polynesian & Oceanic · 01 September 2026

10

Whiro

Whiro

Whiro (Whiro-te-tipua), the Māori god of darkness, evil, and death — the malevolent lord of the underworld and of disease, the great adversary of Tāne and

Polynesian & Oceanic · 01 September 2026

11

Haumia-tiketike

Haumia-tiketike

Haumia-tiketike (Haumia), the Māori god of wild and uncultivated food — the son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku who presides over the aruhe (edible fernroot)

Polynesian & Oceanic · 01 September 2026

12

Rongo

Rongo

Rongo (Rongo-mā-Tāne), the Māori god of cultivated food, agriculture, and peace — the son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku who presides over the kūmara and the

Polynesian & Oceanic · 01 September 2026

13

Tawhirimatea

Tawhirimatea

Tāwhirimātea (Tāwhiri), the Māori god of weather and storms — the son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku who alone opposed the separation of his parents and made

Polynesian & Oceanic · 01 September 2026

14

Tu

Tū, the common short name of Tūmatauenga, the Māori god of war and humankind — the fierce son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku who stood alone against the

Polynesian & Oceanic · 01 September 2026

15

Papatuanuku

Papatuanuku

Papatūānuku (Papa), the primordial earth-goddess of Māori mythology — the great Earth Mother from whom all living things spring, parted in grief from the

Polynesian & Oceanic · 01 September 2026

16

Ranginui

Ranginui

Ranginui (Rangi), the primordial sky-god of Māori mythology — the great Sky Father locked in embrace with the earth-mother Papatūānuku until their

Polynesian & Oceanic · 31 August 2026

17

Tumatauenga

Tumatauenga

Tūmatauenga (Tū), the Māori god of war and humankind — the fierce son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku who stood alone against the storm-god Tāwhirimātea and

Polynesian & Oceanic · 31 August 2026