Tawhaiatu

Role: wife of Ruarangi · First appears: Chapter XIV · The Patu-paiarehe: The Fairy People of the Mountains · Part 2

Life events

The fairy chief carried Tawhaiatu away from her home.(Chapter XIV · The Patu-paiarehe: The Fairy People of the Mountains · Part 2)
- With: the fairy chief (Chapter XIV)
- “one morning when Ruarangi returned to his house in the early dawn, after having been out all night eel-fishing, he found that his wife had disappeared.”
Ruarangi rescued Tawhaiatu from the fairies and they reached their village safely.(Chapter XIV · The Patu-paiarehe: The Fairy People of the Mountains · Part 2 · 📍 Waipa River)
- With: Ruarangi
- “And in haste he took her, before her fairy husband could follow in pursuit, and they reached their village on the banks of the Waipa in safety.”
Protected by kokowai, Ruarangi and Tawhaiatu resisted the fairy chief, who returned to Pirongia.(Chapter XIV · The Patu-paiarehe: The Fairy People of the Mountains · Part 2 · 📍 Pirongia)
- With: Ruarangi the fairy chief (Chapter XIV)
- “He raised his voice in a song of lamentation, for he loved Tawhaiatu, but he could not prevail against the sacred kokowai and the powerful spells of Ruarangi. And then the fairy returned sorrowing to his dwelling on lofty Pirongia.”

married with Ruarangi “His wife was named Tawhaiatu”
married with the fairy chief (Chapter XIV) “before her fairy husband could follow in pursuit”

Extracted from the original text of Te Tohunga. Made with Rho MD.