Mauike
Mangaian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Mauike is the fire god in Avaiki. Maui defeats him, learns to make fire with two sticks and burns his dwelling, killing him. Maui carries away the fire sticks.
Relations
- defeated by: MauiW. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 51–57 (primary)
Sources
- Mauike is the fire god in Avaiki. Maui defeats him, learns to make fire with two sticks and burns his dwelling, killing him. Maui carries away the fire sticks.: W. W. Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 51–57 (primary)