Haumia-tiketike

Haumia-tiketike
Atua of all wild food plants
Other namesHaumia, Haumia-roa, Haumia-tikitiki[1]
GenderMale
RegionNew Zealand
Ethnic groupMāori
Genealogy
ParentsArawa: Ranginui and Papatūānuku

Kāi Tahu: Tamanuiaraki

Some others: Tāne Mahuta
SiblingsArawa: Rongo-mā-Tāne, Tāne Mahuta, Tangaroa, Tāwhirimātea, Tūmatauenga,
Kāi Tahu: Manuika, Manunuiakahoe, Huawaiwai, Tahitokuru, Kohurere, Teaohiawe, Haere, Uenukupokaia, Uenukuhorea, Rakiwhitikina, Te Pukitonga
OffspringTe Mōnehu

Haumia-tiketike (or simply Haumia)[a] is the god of all uncultivated vegetative food in Māori mythology. He is particularly associated with the starchy rhizome of the Pteridium esculentum,[b] which became a major element of the Māori diet in former times.[8] He contrasts with Rongo, the god of kūmara and all cultivated food plants.

In different tribal and regional variations of the stories involving him, he is often portrayed as the son or grandson of Ranginui. He is frequently associated with Arawa traditions of the world's creation, in which he agreed to and attempted the separation of Rangi from his wife Papa.

  1. ^ Moorfield, John C. "Haumia-tiketike". Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ Shortland, Edward (1856) [1854]. Traditions and Superstitions of the New Zealanders. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b Tregear, Edward (1891). The Maori-Polynesian comparative dictionary. Wellington: Lyon and Blair. p. 54. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. ^ Graham, Geo. (1946). "Some Taniwha And Tipua". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. LV: 33, 35, 37–38. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Ngāti Haumia (Ngāti Toa)". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Ngāti Haumia (Taranaki)". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  7. ^ Moorfield, John C. "Māori Dictionary search results for 'Mount Brewster'". Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b Elsdon Best (1924). Maori Religion and Mythology Part 1. Wellington: Dominion Museum. p. 184.


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