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Whaitiri

deity sky Māori single tradition · 3

Whaitiri is a female atua and personification of thunder in Māori mythology. She is the grandmother of Tāwhaki and Karihi.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

Relationships

co occurs with
Te Uira, Tama-i-waho, Waitiri, Whaitiri-mātakataka, Matakerepō, Tāwhaki, Karihi, Tangotango, Arahuta, Wahieroa, Hāpai, Maikuku-makaka, Kaitangata, Rawhita-i-te-rangi, Hine-te-kawa, Maikuku, hākuai, Wahiroa, Hinemoana, Haere, Hinepūkohurangi, Kahukura, Tūāwhiorangi, Hinekapea, Hinehōaka, Whatipū, Hinenuitepō, Moekahu, Hine-te-Iwaiwa, Tāwhirimātea, Hemā, Māui, Mahuika, Kui, Rohe, Ārohirohi, Hinauri, Ikaroa
parent of
Tāwhaki, Karihi, Punga
child of
Te Kanapu
served by
Anonokia
enemy of
Tupeke-ti, Tupeke-ta

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (3)
  1. Whaitiri
  2. Tāwhaki
  3. List of Māori deities

Source passages

“Matakerepō, who is linked with Whaitiri”

#31411 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Whaitiri, a granddaughter of Māui, marries Kaitangata and has Hemā...He comes upon Whaitiri, his blind grandmother, counting out twelve taro...Whaitiri realises that it must be her grandson who she had foretold would come to find her.”

#31883 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Whaitiri, the personification of thunder.”

#32303 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001