Hine-tītama
deity earth Māori single tradition · 1
Hine-tītama is the daughter of Tāne, who unknowingly marries her father. Upon discovering the truth, she flees to the underworld and becomes the goddess of death, Hine-nui-te-pō.
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in Māori oral traditions and recorded in ethnographic studies.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Rangahore
- consort of
- Tāne
- manifests as
- Hinenuitepō
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In some stories, Tāne marries his daughter Hine-tītama without her knowing who he is. Upon discovering that she has married her father, she flees to the underworld, and becomes the goddess of death, Hine-nui-te-pō.”
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