• Patupaiarehe are supernatural beings (he iwi atua) in Māori mythology that are described as pale to fair skinned with blonde hair or red hair, usually...
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    living in parts of New Zealand when Māori arrived. The pale-skinned patupaiarehe are perhaps the most well-known, which Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Korakorako,...
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  • of how long it had taken him to find the shags. Nearby, Īhenga heard Patupaiarehe (fairy-people) playing music at their settlement on the summit of a mountain...
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    called upon his companions, the patupaiarehe (fairy people), who dwelt in the dark recesses of the forest. The patupaiarehe were people of the night and...
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  • maero had put itself back together and returned to the forest. Moehau Patupaiarehe Human cannibalism Wild man of the woods Cowan, James (1987). Legends...
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    Hawaiki, Ngahue helped build the Arawa using adzes made from the pounamu. Patupaiarehe were credited with being the source of fishing nets and flax weaving...
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    tradition. Leprechaun, Irish imp or fairy Little people (mythology) Patupaiarehe, similar supernatural beings in Māori mythology Paupueo, whose owls chase...
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    mythology Muki Niß Puk Nimerigar Nittaewo (Sri Lanka) Nuno sa Punso Ork Patupaiarehe - New Zealand Maori mythology Pixies Polevik - Slavic mythology Pombero...
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    tribe of patupaiarehe, supernatural beings living in the Waitākere Ranges, who used deadly magic from the earth to defeat a war party of patupaiarehe from...
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  • childbirth together with the ceremonies attending to the birth of a child. Patupaiarehe Menehune Taotao Mona Anito An entry in Encyclopedia Mythica translates...
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