Hemā (mythology)

Hemā (mythology)

=Māori=

In Māori mythology, hema is a son of Whaitiri and Kaitangata and the father of Tāwhaki and Karihi. [The names of his wives and children vary in Māori accounts. Some versions name his wife as Urutonga. However in a Ngati Porou legend , Hemā's wife is Te Rawhita-i-te-rangi (Reedy 1993:26), and Tregear mentions a legend in which her name is Arawheta-i-te-rangi (Tregear 1891:61).] In North Island stories, he was killed by the Ponaturi, evil creatures who live by day in the water. [In the South Island he is killed by Paikea, Kewa, and Ihupuku, who are sea-monsters or whales (Tregear 1891:61).] Tāwhaki, Karihi and their mother trick the Ponaturi into entering a house, and then locked them in, claiming there was still time before the dawn. They then opened the door after sunrise, and the Ponaturi were killed by the exposure to sunlight (Tregear 1891:61, 496). The only survivor (in one account) was Tonga-Hiti and in another account kanae, the grey mullet.

Hawaii

In Hawaiian tradition, Hema and his brother Puna are sons of Aikanaka by Hinahanaiakamalama, according to the Ulu genealogy. His son was Kaha'i. Hina is disgusted by her children's dirtiness, and she goes to the moon. In some accounts, Hema sails to a far-off country, where he is killed by a people which habitually kills all strangers. Kaha'i goes on a journey to find him (Tregear 1891:61). Other accounts have Hema as a son of Mahina.

Notes

References

* A. Reedy, "Ngā Kōrero a Mohi Ruatapu, tohunga rongonui o Ngāti Porou: The Writings of Mohi Ruatapu" (Canterbury University Press: Christchurch), 1993.
* E.R. Tregear, "Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary" (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay), 1891.


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