![]() ![]() Here we have no less than five female personified forms of different kinds of greenstone. Personified form of the kind of greenstone termed kahotea. Personified form of the kind of greenstone termed kawakawa. Personified form of the kind of greenstone termed kahurangi. Personified form of the kind of greenstone termed tangiwai. Personified form of the kind of greenstone termed auhunga. Personified form of the kind of greenstone termed aotea. This latter name we would naturally suppose to pertain to the personified form of rock. ![]() Also Poutini seems to be referred to occasionally as the origin of greenstone, though in one recital greenstone is said to have originated with one Hine-tuapapa. The general, comprehensive personified form of greenstone. In addition to these the ordinary names of stones are employed as proper names in origin myths, etc., as Waiapu, Paretao, Huka-a-tai and Whatu-tongarerewa. Seems to represent the compact form of clay termed uku. The form Hine-mata-kirikiri seems to have been also used. Most forms of stone originated with Tuamatua, his offspring were the forebears of stones.
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