Kaiheraki
nature_spirit mountain Māori single tradition · 1
Kaiheraki is a woman patupaiarehe who haunts the Tākitimu Mountains. She appears as a spectrelike giantess striding along the mountaintops on misty days. She claims to be a Māori, yet not a Māori, and knows many tongues, including the tongues of the birds.
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
Relationships
- child of
- Tākitimu
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“on the Tākitimu Mountains there haunts a woman patupaiarehe named Kaiheraki, who appears as a spectrelike giantess striding along the mountaintops on misty days. Kaiheraki's story begins with a mortal man named Hautapu who was a skilled hunter and tohunga.”
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