Show Notes
Kia ora! I wrote out the transcription for this episode. It's just the reo Maori which can be downloaded as a pdf here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/transcription-of-160346907
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Tena ano tatou! I didnt know that we had another Goddess of Death. So far we have Hinenuitepo, Miru, and Rohe. I love finding out the nuances of our culture and language. Whether these goddesses are universal amongst iwi, or only iwi specific, I'm not sure but I still love learning these things. Enjoy!
Whakatauki: Matua whakapai i tou marae, ka whakapai ai i te marae o te tangata. [pg. 128, Kohikohinga Whakatauki a Raupo]
Atua Wahine: Rohe [Tregear, E. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary pg. 421] [https://pantheon.org/articles/r/rohe.html]
"A wife of the demigod Māui. She was beautiful as he was ugly, and on his wishing to exchange faces with her, she refused him his request. He, however, by means of an incantation, managed to gain his point; in anger she left him, and refused to live any longer in the world of light, but proceeded to the underworld (Pō), and became a goddess. She is also called Koke, and is said sometimes to beat the spirits of deceased mortals as they pass throng her realm. Her home is in that division of the night-world called Te Uranga-o-te-Rā, but she also rules the circles named Hikutoia, and Pouturi."
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