Tama-i-waho
deity sky Māori single tradition · 2
Tama-i-waho lives in the highest of the 10 heavens. He teaches Tāwhaki many spells.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1971 CE
- Attested period
- 1971 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Legend committed to manuscript by Mohi Ruatapu of Ngāti Porou in 1971, published by Reedy in 1993.
Relationships
- teacher of
- Tāwhaki
- co occurs with
- Karihi, Tangotango, Wahieroa, Hāpai, Maikuku-makaka, Rawhita-i-te-rangi, Hine-te-kawa, Maikuku, Wahiroa, Whaitiri, Māui, Hemā, Kaitangata
- enemy of
- Tāwhaki
- served by
- hākuai
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Tāwhaki climbs by the aka matua, or parent vine, recites the right incantations, and reaches the highest of the 10 heavens. There he learns many spells from Tama-i-waho, and marries a woman named Hāpai, or as others say, Maikuku-makaka.”
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“the evil Tama-i-waho sends a hākuai, a mythical bird, to attack the kite, causing Tāwhaki to fall...Using his adze Te Rakuraku-o-te-rangi, Tama-i-waho cuts off one of the wings of the hawk, and Tāwhaki falls to his death.”
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