Raka-maomao or Rakamaomao, in
Māori mythology
Māori mythology and Māori traditions are two major categories into which the remote oral history of New Zealand's Māori may be divided. Māori myths concern fantastic tales relating to the origins of what was the observable world for the pr ...
, is a god of
wind. He is the god of ordinary winds, in contrast to
Tāwhirimātea, who is the god of tempests.
To the
Waitaha tribe of the
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...
, Rakamaomao was the group of winds that blew from the south and north.
Raka-maomao is equivalent to Ra‘a (Society Islands),
Raka (Cook Islands),
La'a Maomao (
Hawaii)
and
Fa'atiu (
Samoa).
References
Māori gods
Wind deities
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