Shore of Heaven

Also known as: Te-pae-tai-o-te-rangi · Role: morning star; child of Ira · First appears: Chapter IV · The Creation of the Stars

Life events

Tane saw Ira’s two beautiful star-children shining in the darkness.(Chapter IV · The Creation of the Stars · 📍 Te-Po)
- With: Tane Hine-a-te-ao Lonely South
- “In the darkness of night he beheld two beautiful stars shining forth; they were the children of Ira, and their names were Lonely South, and Shore of Heaven, the morning star, and his heart was glad over their beauty, so that his eyes could not sleep, and could not but rest upon them all the night.”

parent: Ira “In the darkness of night he beheld two beautiful stars shining forth; they were the children of Ira, and their names were Lonely South, and Shore of Heaven, the morning star, and his heart was glad over their beauty, so that his eyes could not sleep, and could not but rest upon them all the night.”
foster-parent: Tupu-renga-o-te-Po “Go to the House of Tupu-renga-o-te-Po, the Growing Night: he is the guardian over the two stars, and his house is standing at Mahiku-rangi. There ask for the two stars, whose names are Toko-meha and Te-pae-tai-o-te-rangi; go and take the stars for your father Rangi.”

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