Wahieroa

Scion-tier son of Tāwhaki (quartigod) by Hinepiripiri. Named "Long-piece-of-firewood" by his father to commemorate Tāwhaki's revival-by-fire-after-cousin-attack and encode the duty of paternal vengeance. Father of Rata (canonical canoe-builder-avenger of the Rata cycle). Killed by the ogre Matuku-takotako at the monster's pool while seeking rare food for his pregnant wife — the canonical-Polynesian killed-father narrative-event that motivates the Rata vengeance-quest. The killing is the canonical death-of-the-father instance whose bones-become-magical-instrument-of-the-killer narrative-device frames the Rata-recovery scene.

Parentage

• father: TāwhakiGrey 1855 (primary)

Children

• Rata

Powers

• Carry the name of paternal vengeance

Relations

• father: TāwhakiGrey 1855 (primary)
• mother: Hinepiripiri (Tāwhaki's mortal wife, mother of Wahieroa per Grey 1855 and Tregear 1891) · PolynesianGrey 1855 (primary)
• spouse: Kura (Maori recension per Grey 1855) / Tonga-rau-tawhiri (Maori recension per Tregear 1891) · PolynesianGrey 1855; Tregear 1891 (primary)
• father of: RataGrey 1855 (primary)
• killed by: Matuku-takotako (ogre / tipua, killer of Wahieroa at his pool; subsequently killed by Rata in canonical vengeance) · PolynesianGrey 1855 chapter 6 (primary)
• spouse: KuraReciprocal of polynesian_kura.spouse (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)

Sources

• existence: Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855) chapters 3 and 6 (the canonical-primary Maori source for both birth and death) (primary); Tregear (1891); Best (1924) (primary); Fornander (1878-1885) — Hawaiian Wahieloa recension (primary)