Arahuta
Māori · demigod · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Maori sky-maiden, daughter of Tawhaki and the celestial Tangotango; the infant over whom her parents quarrelled, occasioning Tawhaki ascent to the heavens to recover his wife and child.
Parentage
- father: TāwhakiDaughter of Tawhaki.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Tawhaki cycle (secondary)
- mother: TangotangoDaughter of the celestial Tangotango.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Tawhaki cycle (secondary)
Domains
- sky
Relations
- father: TāwhakiDaughter of Tawhaki.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Tawhaki cycle (secondary)
- mother: TangotangoDaughter of the celestial Tangotango.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Tawhaki cycle (secondary)
Sources
- existence: George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), The Legend of Tawhaki (secondary); Tregear, The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), s.v. Arahuta (secondary)