Tawhiri

Tawhiri
   The Polynesian god of hurricanes and storms.

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  • Matoka-rau-tāwhiri — In Māori mythology (South Island), Matoka rau tāwhiri is a wife of Wahieroa, and mother of Rātā.[1] When Matoka rau tawhiri was pregnant, she had a craving to eat the flesh of a tui bird, and asked Wahieroa to catch one. Wahieroa did so. It was… …   Wikipedia

  • Wahieroa — In Māori mythology, Wahieroa is a son of Tāwhaki, and father of Rātā.Tāwhaki was attacked and left for dead by two of his brothers in law, jealous that their wives preferred the handsome Tāwhaki to them. He was nursed back to health by his wife… …   Wikipedia

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  • Tūwhakararo — In Māori mythology, Tūwhakararo is a chief in Hawaiki. Tūwhakararo went on a visit to the Āti Hāpai (or Raeroa) people, whose chief, Poporokewa, had married Tūwhakararo s sister Mairatea. In a wrestling match he was treated unfairly, and was… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Māori battles — The list of Māori battles includes four types of battles: mythological from the “wars of the gods” Epos, inter tribal battles before the European contact found in Māori oral tradition, the Musket Wars battles, and those that took place between… …   Wikipedia

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  • Ixerba brexioides — Systematik Rosiden Euros …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ixerbaceae — Ixerba brexioides Systematik Klasse: Dreifurchenpollen Zweikeimblättrige (Rosopsida) Unterklasse: Rosenähnliche (Rosidae) Ordnung: Crossosomatales …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tawhirimatea — Tāwhirimātea (auch Tāwhiri) ist in der Mythologie der Māori der Gott des Wetters, von Blitz und Donner, Wind, Wolken, und Sturm. Er ist ein direkter Sohn von Rangi und Papa, Vater Himmel und Mutter Erde. Die Kinder von Rangi und Papa lebten in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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