Hine-nui-te-pō
Māori · deity · primordial · deity
Māori goddess of night and death; once Hine-tītama, daughter and wife of Tāne, who fled to the underworld.
Parentage
Domains
- death
- underworld
Powers
- Receive and guide the spirits of the dead
- Crush intruders between her obsidian thighs
- Fix death upon humankind
Epithets
- Hine-tītama