Pania
deity water Māori mythology single tradition · 1
Pania is a beautiful maiden who lived in the sea on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. By daylight she swam about with creatures of her reef world but after sunset would go to a stream that ran into the bay where the city of Napier now exists. When people now look deep into the water over the reef, some say they can see Pania with arms outstretched, appealing to her former lover.
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“Pania, often styled "Pania of the Reef", is a figure of Māori mythology, and a symbol of the New Zealand city of Napier. There is a statue of Pania on Napier's Marine Parade.”
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