atua kahukahu
demonic Māori single tradition · 1
Atua kahukahu are malevolent child spirits. Taranga feared that Māui would return as one of these spirits.
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- co occurs with
- Tama-nui-ki-te-Rangi, Māui-taha, Māui-roto, Māui-pae, Māui-waho, Hina, Māui, Taranga, Makeatutara
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wikipedia (1)
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“Māui was the son of Taranga and Makeatutara, guardian of the underworld. He was born prematurely and his mother, fearing he would return as atua kahukahu (malevolent child spirits), threw him into the sea, wrapped in a tress of hair from her topknot (tikitiki) – hence Māui's full name is Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga”
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