Hine-te-kawa
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Hine-te-kawa is a woman whose house is the site of a kawa (open ceremony). She is the only person spared when Tāwhaki and Karihi kill all the people at the ceremony. She sleeps with Tāwhaki that night and shows the brothers the pathway into the sky with pegs as footholds.
When
- First attested
- 1971 CE
- Attested period
- 1971 – 1993
- Historical notes
- Legend committed to manuscript by Mohi Ruatapu of Ngāti Porou in 1971, published by Reedy in 1993.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Maikuku, hākuai, Wahiroa, Māui, Hemā, Whaitiri, Kaitangata, Tama-i-waho, Karihi, Rawhita-i-te-rangi
- consort of
- Tāwhaki
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“They come to a village where a kawa (open ceremony) is being performed for Hine-te-kawa's house...Tāwhaki and Karihi leap out and kill all the people except Hine-te-kawa, who sleeps with Tāwhaki that night. She shows them the pathway”
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