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In Māori mythology, Rangahore is a wife of god Tāne. Tāne was looking for a wife, and asked his mother Papa to suggest suitable candidates. He took Rangahore to wife, but she gave birth to a stone, and Tane forsook her (Shortland 1882:20-21, Tregear 1891:391).[1][2]

References

  1. ^ E. Shortland, Maori Religion and Mythology (Longmans: London), 1882.
  2. ^ E. R. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay), 1891.


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