Mahuika
Māori · deity · mythic prehistoric · deity
Maori fire-deity, ancestress of Maui, keeper of fire in her nails. Her contest with Maui is the canonical Maori fire-origin myth; in some recensions she is the younger sister of Hine-nui-te-po.
Domains
- fire
Powers
- Keep and yield fire from her fingernails and toenails
- Plant fire in the wood of the kaikomako
Relations
- ancestor of: Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga