the New Zealand legends — Minor Figures

12 figures from Legends of Ma-ui who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Hina-a-te-lepo

Maui's wife · first appears Chapter VII · Maui and Tuna · Part 1

• Chapter VII · Maui and Tuna · Part 1 · married with Maui “Maui sought Hina-a-te-lepo, ‘daughter of the swamp,’ and secured her as his wife.”
• Chapter VII · Maui and Tuna · Part 1 · enemies with Kuna “While she was standing on the bank, Tuna-roa, ‘the long eel,’ saw her. He swam up to the bank and suddenly struck her and knocked her into the water and covered her with slime from the blow given by his tail.”

Maru

Maui's foster brother · first appears Chapter VI · Maui the Skillful · Part 3

• Chapter VI · Maui the Skillful · Part 3 · siblings with Maui “Here he had a foster brother Maru.”
• Chapter VI · Maui the Skillful · Part 3 · enemies with Maui “Here Maui killed Maru and then went away to the earth.”

Maui's wife

wife · first appears Chapter XI · Maui Seeking Immortality · Part 3

• Chapter XI · Maui Seeking Immortality · Part 3 · married with Maui “Maui's wife made war upon the spirits, the gods, and killed as many as she could to avenge her husband's death.”

Muri

ancestress · first appears Chapter IV · Maui Snaring the Sun · Part 3

• Chapter IV · Maui Snaring the Sun · Part 3 · younger kin: Maui “The people answered, ‘It is for Muri, your ancestress.’”
• Chapter IV · Maui Snaring the Sun · Part 3 · recipient: Maui “Then Muri, the old chiefess, gave him the magic bone and he returned to his brothers, who were still living on the earth.”

One of the family (Chapter VI)

member of Maui’s family · first appears Chapter VI · Maui the Skillful · Part 1

• Chapter VI · Maui the Skillful · Part 1 · enemies with Maui “Then Maui became angry and chanted a curse over him and bewildered him, then changed him into a dog.”

his wife (Chapter VI)

wife of Maui · first appears Chapter VI · Maui the Skillful · Part 1

• Chapter VI · Maui the Skillful · Part 1 · married with Maui “Maui was not inclined to devote himself to hard work, and lived on his brothers as much as possible--but when driven out by his wife or his mother he would catch more fish than the other fishermen.”

the New Zealand father of Maui

father of Maui · first appears Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 2

• Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 2 · child: Maui “At last he permitted a stone from his father to strike him, and he fell to the ground.”

the god of the seas (Chapter I)

cared for and protected Maui · first appears Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 1

• Chapter I · Maui's Home · Part 1 · recipient: Maui “The waters bore him safely. The jelly fish enwrapped and mothered him. The god of the seas cared for and protected him.”

the goddess of the moon (Chapter XI)

goddess of the moon · first appears Chapter XI · Maui Seeking Immortality · Part 2

• Chapter XI · Maui Seeking Immortality · Part 2 · enemies with Maui “He had tied her so that she could not escape, but was compelled to bathe in the waters of life and return night after night lest men should be in darkness when evening came.”

the woman (Chapter XV)

woman · first appears Chapter XV · Hina, the Woman in the Moon

• Chapter XV · Hina, the Woman in the Moon · enemies with the moon “Then she became very angry and cursed the moon heartily. Then the moon became angry and swiftly swept down upon her from the skies, grasping her and lifting her up.”

heaven (Chapter III)

personified natural being · first appears Chapter III · Maui Lifting the Sky · Part 2

• Chapter III · Maui Lifting the Sky · Part 2 · friends with earth (Chapter III) “The New Zealand legends also say that heaven and earth have never lost their love for each other.”

earth (Chapter III)

personified natural being · first appears Chapter III · Maui Lifting the Sky · Part 2

• Chapter III · Maui Lifting the Sky · Part 2 · friends with heaven (Chapter III) “The New Zealand legends also say that heaven and earth have never lost their love for each other.”

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Extracted from the original text of Legends of Ma-ui. Made with Rho MD.