Hine-nui-te-pō

Māori goddess of night and death; once Hine-tītama, daughter and wife of Tāne, who fled to the underworld.

Parentage

• parent: Tāne

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 latin · Hine-titama · literaryThe Dawn Maiden; her name before she fled to the underworld to become Great Lady of NightGeorge Grey, Polynesian Mythology (secondary)

Sources

• existence: Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855) (primary)