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).
Raka-maomao was the god of ordinary winds, as separate from Tawhiri-matea the god of tempests.
... the wind deity in other Polynesian traditions is male (Ra'a—Society Islands, Raka—Cook Islands, Raka-maomao—New Zealand).
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).
Raka-maomao was the god of ordinary winds, as separate from Tawhiri-matea the god of tempests.
... the wind deity in other Polynesian traditions is male (Ra'a—Society Islands, Raka—Cook Islands, Raka-maomao—New Zealand).