Auahitūroa

Auahitūroa

, the five Fire Children. Another Māori name for a comet is "Ūpokoroa" (long-headed one); a poetic name for fire is "te tama a Ūpokoroa", (the son of Upokoroa) (Best 1982:244-245).

ee also

*Māori mythology

References

* E. Best, "Māori Religion and Mythology, Part 2". Dominion Museum Bulletin No.11. (Museum of New Zealand: Wellington) , 1982.


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