Hinauri

Role: wife of Irawaru · First appears: Chapter XIII · Maui and Irawaru: A Tradition

Life events

Hinauri called for Irawaru and recognized him as a dog.(Chapter XIII · Maui and Irawaru: A Tradition)
- With: Irawaru
- “Hinauri did as she was told, and called and called, till at last a dog came running towards her, and she knew it was Irawaru, her husband, whom Maui had so cruelly changed into a dog.”
Hinauri lamented and cast herself into the sea.(Chapter XIII · Maui and Irawaru: A Tradition)
- “She broke out in a great lament, and at last she cast herself into the sea.”

siblings with Maui “There is the Sun God Maui ready to steer his Sun-canoe into the Lower Worlds again, singing his song of farewell to his sister Hinauri, the earth.”
married with Irawaru “Irawaru, the husband of Hinauri, had followed Maui in the morning upon the sea, to catch fish--Irawaru is the reflexion of the sun over the sea, wandering forth with the sun in the mornings to catch fish--what else could a man do on the sea?”

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