Talk:Mahiuki

Is this a mistake for Mahuika, who according to Craig (p. 148), was the fire god in the underworld in the Marquesas and Tuamotus. Could this be a spelling mistake? Bucketsofg 07:06, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Most definitely it is a typo. Mahuika is well known in NZ too, as the grandmother (grandfather in some cases) of Māui, who gave him her fingernails one by one when he asked her to give him fire. The fingernails were the source of fire. Māui placed some of them in certain trees which were used for fire-starting. Never ends in an -i. Kahuroa 02:17, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, what I suggest is that we just let this article be deleted. I'll create a new entry on Mahiuka now. Bucketsofg 02:54, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]