Raka-maomao explained

Raka-maomao or Rakamaomao, in Māori mythology, is a god of wind. He is the god of ordinary winds, in contrast to Tāwhirimātea, who is the god of tempests.[1] To the Waitaha tribe of the South Island, Rakamaomao was the group of winds that blew from the south and north.[2]

Raka-maomao is equivalent to Ra‘a (Society Islands), Raka (Cook Islands), La'a Maomao (Hawaii)[3] and Fa'atiu (Samoa).

Notes and References

  1. Book: Tregear, Edward Robert . The Maori Race . Archibald Dudingston Willis . 1904 . Wanganui . 473 . Chapter XX. Religion and Cosmogony . https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TreRace-t1-body-d20.html . New Zealand Electronic Text Collection . 12 August 2019 . Raka-maomao was the god of ordinary winds, as separate from Tawhiri-matea the god of tempests..
  2. Encyclopedia: Ngāi Tahu - The genealogy of the land . Te Maire . Tau . Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . 1 March 2017 . 12 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Kawaharada . Dennis . Introduction to The Wind Gourd of La'amaomao . University of Hawai‘i . 1992 . 12 August 2019 . ... the wind deity in other Polynesian traditions is male (Ra‘a—Society Islands, Raka—Cook Islands, Raka-maomao—New Zealand)..

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