Mahuika

deity earth Māori mythology corroborated · 12

Māori fire goddess

↻ synthesized from 12 sources

When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020
Historical notes
Māori oral tradition.

Relationships

consort of
Auahitūroa
teacher of
Māui
allied with
Mataaho
enemy of
Māui

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Sources

Source passages

“Mahuika, goddess of fire in Māori mythology.”

#1002 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6

“Mahuika (Māori) - Māori fire goddess”

#5031 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She is the sister of Hine-nui-te-pō and Mahuika, and her parents are given as Tāne or Makara and Rotua.”

#31310 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Mahuika crater was a hypothesized impact crater named after her. She was depicted on coins issued in New Zealand in 2019.”

#31395 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“His consort is Mahuika, the deity of fire. Together they have five sons, the Ngā Mānawa.”

#31556 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001