How Hinauri found her second husband: audio-recording
Legend: Maori Myths and Tribal Legends, Copyright Antony Alpers 1964. Longman Paul, Aukland; Johnson and Alcock, London.
Legend: Maori Myths and Tribal Legends, Copyright Antony Alpers 1964. Longman Paul, Aukland; Johnson and Alcock, London.
Hinauri
cast herself into the ocean at the loss of her first husband.
When two brothers rescued her she desired their handsome chief,
became his lover and killed his jealous wives, thereby creating
the Maori’s precious greenstone. I read this tale
and interpret it as a woman’s discovery of her own strength
and creativity.
Upper: Ancestral figures supporting central pillar of traditional house on shore of Lake Taupo. Otago Museum; photo Michael de Hamel. Illustrated encyclopedia of Maori myth and legend, Margaret Orbell.
Lower: Mere Pounamu. Copyright National Army Museum, Waiouru collection, New Zealand.
Hinauri: part 1
Hinauri: part 2
Upper: Ancestral figures supporting central pillar of traditional house on shore of Lake Taupo. Otago Museum; photo Michael de Hamel. Illustrated encyclopedia of Maori myth and legend, Margaret Orbell. Lower: Mere Pounamu. Copyright National Army Museum, Waiouru collection, New Zealand.
Hinauri: part 1
Hinauri: part 2