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Māori Mythological octopus
mythology, Te Wheke-a-Muturangi is a monstrous octopus destroyed in Whekenui Bay, Tory Channel or at Pātea by Kupe the navigator. The octopus was a pet or
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High priest in Māori mythology
Ocean. Muturangi supposedly had as a familiar or kaitiaki (guardian spirit), a giant octopus known as Te Wheke-a-Muturangi ('the Octopus of Muturangi'), the
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Core area of Polynesia
Tumu-Ra'i-Fenua (Beginning-of-Heaven-and-Earth) and Te Wheke-a-Muturangi (The Octopus of Muturangi). Geography portal Islands portal Oceania portal Ancient
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Māori iwi in New Zealand
Kupe was tasked with chasing down and killing Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, the giant pet octopus of Muturangi. He eventually followed the octopus to Aotearoa
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Māori semi-legendary explorer
Te Wheke-a-Muturangi. The historical Kupe is thought to have been born in the uncertain Māori homeland of Hawaiki, to a father from Rarotonga and a mother
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other parts of the globe, including the Akkorokamui of Japan and Te Wheke-a-Muturangi of New Zealand. The Lusca of the Caribbean and Scylla in Greek mythology
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Aspect of Māori oral history involving migration on legendary canoes
discovered a land he called Aotearoa ('land of the long-white-cloud'). He explored its coast and killed the sea monster Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, finally returning
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the blood of murder victims Teumessian Fox (Greek) – Gigantic fox Te Wheke-a-Muturangi (Māori) – Gigantic octopus Theriocephalus (Medieval folklore) – Animal-headed
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Hawaiian god of ocean, healing, and long travels
mythology Tangaloa Tongan mythology Taʻaroa Tahitian mythology Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, a monstrous octopus in NZ Māori and French Polynesian lore. Luomala
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Māori mythological beings
China–New Zealand relations as the relationship between a taniwha and a dragon. Te Wheke-a-Muturangi Pania As is usual with Māori words, taniwha is both the
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Strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand
by Kupe the navigator. Kupe followed in his canoe a monstrous octopus called Te Wheke-a-Muturangi across Cook Strait and destroyed it in Tory Channel
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waves of the eighth month. Aitu Atua Nuku-mai-tore Pania Taniwha Te Wheke-a-Muturangi Myths portal New Zealand portal Oceania portal List of planetary
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Melanesian Spearhead Group Pacific Islands Forum Polynesian Triangle Te Wheke-a-Muturangi Andrews, John (19 September 2011). "NZ may be invited to join proposed
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Methods to navigate the Pacific Ocean
Tumu-Ra'i-Fenua (Beginning-of-Heaven-and-Earth) and Te Wheke-a-Muturangi (The Octopus of Muturangi). Specific chronology of the discovery and settlement
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Suburb of Wellington City, New Zealand
mythology, Tapu te Ranga Island is said to be Patawa, a point from which the legendary Māori chief Kupe sighted the giant octopus Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, which he
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Channel in New Zealand
legend, Kura Te Au is where Kupe killed the giant, mythical octopus, Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, causing its blood to run through the channel, turning the water
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Species of mollusc
prey on Pinnoctopus. A Maori legend states that the Polynesian navigator Kupe followed a giant octopus known as Te Wheke-o-Muturangi. This octopus was eating
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Island in Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand
island was where the great navigator Kupe killed the octopus Te Wheke-a-Muturangi. It was from a hill on Arapaoa Island in 1770 that Captain James Cook first
Arapaoa_Island
Group of islands in Cook Strait, New Zealand
according to tradition it refers to the eyeballs of the giant octopus, Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, that Kupe battled. The islets were considered tapu to Māori. Paddlers
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New Zealand artist (born 1964)
In 2008, Reihana completed a major commission for the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Installed along Te Ara a Hine (one of the two entrances
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the Greek Scylla, the Japanese Akkorokamui and umibōzu, the Māori Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, and the Caribbean Lusca. Giant squid have even, on occasion, been
List of giant squid specimens and sightings
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Spanish
Feminine form of Spanish PÃo, PÃA means "pious."
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Polish
Feminine form of Polish RadomiÅ‚, RADOMIÅA means "happy favor."
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Feminine form of Spanish Estéban, ESTEFANÃA means "crown."
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Portuguese name GRAÇA means "graceful."
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French form of Hebrew Leah, LÉA means "weary."
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Thai name A-WUT means "weapon."
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Swedish form of Latin Linnaea, LINNÉA means "twin flower."
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Spanish form of Roman Latin Lucia, LUCÃA means "light."Â
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Thai name A-GUN means "grape."
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French (Côte) : topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or riverbank, less often on the coast, from Old French coste (Latin costa ‘rib’, ‘side’, ‘flank’, also used in a transferred topographical sense). There are several places in France named with this word, and the surname may also be a habitational name from any of these.English : topographic name from Middle English cote, cott ‘shelter’, ‘cottage’ (see Coates).
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Spanish form of Greek Sophia, SOFÃA means "wisdom."
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Feminine form of Polish LudmiÅ‚, LUDMIÅA means "people's favor."
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Short form of Swedish Linnéa, NÉA means "twinflower."
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Feminine form of Icelandic Stefán, STEFANÃA means "crown."
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Slovene form of Greek Hagne, NEŽA means "chaste; holy."
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, a royal lady of the IIIrd or IVth dynasty.
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Feminine form of Galician-Portuguese UxÃo, UXÃA means "well born."
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Galician-Portuguese form of Hebrew Leah, LÃA means "weary."
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Feminine form of Polish BogumiÅ‚, BOGUMIÅA means "God-favor."
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