Wainui
deity single tradition · 1
Wainui (Great Water) is a female deity. In the Mataatua canoe area, (the eastern Bay of Plenty) it appears that Hinemoana was unknown; their traditions concern Wainui instead.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Papa, Rangi, Hinemoana, Pipihura, Te Uru-kahikahika, Wharerimu, Hine-tapiritia, Te Raengawha, Te Kiri-pakapaka, Whatu-maomao, Kaiwahawera
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Sources
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Source passages
“For instance in the Mataatua canoe area, (the eastern Bay of Plenty) it appears that Hinemoana was unknown; their traditions concern a female deity named Wainui (Great Water) instead.”
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