- Rangahore
In
Māori mythology , Rangahore is a divine ancestress ofTane . Tane 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).References
* E. Shortland, "Maori Religion and Mythology" (Longmans: London), 1882.
* E.R. Tregear, "Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary" (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay), 1891.
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