Te Uira is an who personifies
lightning
Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electric charge, electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the land, ground, temporarily neutralize themselves, causing the instantaneous ...
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 ...
. Te Uira's child Te Kanapu, grandparent of
Whaitiri, is also a personification of lightning.
See also
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Tāwhaki
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Tāwhirimātea
References
Māori gods
Thunder gods
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