Rohe
Rohe is married to the demi-god Māui and was a sister of the sun. After Māui killed her, her spirit returned and destroyed Māui. After her death, Rohe ruled as the goddess of the pō (spirit world), where she gathered in the spirits of the dead.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
Relationships
- enemy of
- Māui
- parent of
- Rangihore
- co occurs with
- Ārohirohi, Hinauri, Ikaroa, Whaitiri, Tāwhaki, Hinemoana, Haere, Tangotango, Hinepūkohurangi, Kahukura, Tūāwhiorangi, Hinekapea, Hinehōaka, Whatipū, Hinenuitepō, Moekahu, Hine-te-Iwaiwa, Te Tunaroa, Mahuika, Kui, Hina
- consort of
- Māui
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The Māori knew little of Rohe. Tregear records the one myth associated with her, in which she is married to Māui. She was beautiful as he was ugly, and she refused his request to exchange faces. Māui, however, recited an incantation, and their faces were switched. In anger Rohe left him, and refused to live any longer in the world of light.”
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“Rohe, the goddess of the spirit world.”
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“In a rare version, a goddess named Rohe was Māui's wife. He mistreated her in a cruel and unusual way. He wished for her to exchange faces with him because she was beautiful and he was not. When she objected, he recited an incantation over her as she slept.”
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