Tama-nui-te-rā
In Māori mythology, Tama-nui-te-rā (Tamanuiterā) is the personification of the sun. In the Māori language, Tama-nui-te-rā means "Great Son of the Sun".
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- co occurs with
- Ngā Mānawa, Urutengangana, Mārikoriko, Paoro, Auahitūroa, Tane-rore, Punga, Te Anu-matao, Hine-titamauri, Hine-te-Iwaiwa, Tangaroa-a-kiukiu, Tangaroa-a-roto, Rona, Te Marama, Te Kore, Te Po, Murirangawhenua, Mahuika, Tangaroa, Papatūānuku, Ranginui, Hina
- parent of
- Tane-rore, Auahitūroa
- consort of
- Ārohirohi, Hine-takurua, Hine-raumati, Hinetakurua, Hineraumati
- enemy of
- Māui
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“In some legends, Tama-nui-te-rā is the husband of Ārohirohi, goddess of mirages. In other legends, Tama-nui-te-rā had two wives, the Summer maid, Hineraumati, and the Winter maid, Hinetakurua.”
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“Ārohirohi is the goddess of mirages and shimmering heat, and is the wife of Tama-nui-te-rā (the Sun).”
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“Auahitūroa is a Māori god, the son of Tama-nui-te-rā, personification of comets, and the origin of fire.”
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“the sun-god Tama-nui-te-rā slept during the night-time. There they tied the ropes into a noose around the pit and built a wall of clay to shelter behind. Tama-nui-te-rā was caught in the noose and Māui struck him”
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“the sun used to travel quickly across the sky, leaving not enough daylight time for working and eating. Māui proposed to catch the sun and slow it down. Armed with Murirangawhenua's magic jawbone and a large amount of rope, Māui and his brothers journeyed to the east and found the pit where the sun-god Tama-nui-te-rā”
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