Matakerepō
demonic mountain Māori single tradition · 3
Matakerepo is a tupua (child of the Fire God) in Māori tradition who lived on Te Rua Maunga at Lake Pupuke with her husband Ohomatakamokamo. She made flax clothing for her husband, which led to an argument so heated their fire died out, ultimately resulting in Mataaho destroying their mountain home and forming Lake Pupuke and Rangitoto. In some versions, she was turned to stone by Mataaho, forming the crater Te Kopua o Matakamokamo.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1850 CE
- Attested period
- 1850 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Guardian figure in 1850 Arawa version, ancestress of Tāwhaki.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Mataaho
- consort of
- Ohomatakamokamo
- co occurs with
- Hāpai, Puanga, Tongameha, Whatitiri-matakamataka, Whaitiri, Rūaumoko, Patupaiarehe, Papatūānuku, Ranginui, Io Matua Kore
- allied with
- Tāwhaki
- child of
- Mahuika
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Matakerepō, who is linked with Whaitiri”
#31412 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“meet Matakerepō, a blind old woman, guarding the vines (or ropes) that lead up into the heavens. Matakerepō is an ancestress of Tāwhaki's. As Matakerepō counts out her ten taro tubers, Tāwhaki removes them one by one.”
#31880 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5