Legend of Maahu and Maui - Ethnology of Tongareva

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Legend of Maahu and Maui - Ethnology of Tongareva

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Victoria University of Wellington

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The stars were originally in one mass like the sun and the moon. The original single star was divided up by Maahu. Maahu and Maui had a competition to see which could throw the other higher into the air. Maui threw Maahu so high that he reached close to the heavens, where he heard the following disparaging remark: “Ko wai tera upoko raparapa te ...

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Date created

1932

Creator

Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Henry Buck)

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https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scho...

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