Nuku-mai-tore

In Māori mythology the Nuku-mai-tore are forest-dwelling spirits.[1] Tura joins Whiro's canoe party, but when it enters a whirlpool he catches the overhanging boughs of a tree and lives among the Nuku-mai-tore, to whom he teaches the use of fire, the art of cooking, and the natural way of childbirth together with the ceremonies attending to the birth of a child.[2]

See also

• Patupaiarehe
• Menehune
• Taotao Mona
• Anito

Notes

1. An entry in Encyclopedia Mythica translates Nuku-mai-tore as "People of the Other World".
2. Beckwith 1970:502, White 1887–1891, II:8–15, 17–19

References

• M. Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu) 1970.
• J. White, The Ancient History of the Maori, 6 Volumes (Government Printer: Wellington), 1887–1891.