Patupaiarehe
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In Māori mythology
, Patupaiarehe are pale spirit beings that live in deep forests and mountaintops in New Zealand
, and are sometimes hostile to humans. Ethereal flute music and singing sometimes reveals their presence.
Patupaiarehe, also referred to as Turehu, Ngati Hotu and Urukehu (red heads), were said to live in large guarded communities.They tended to occur in certain localities, especially hilly or mountainous regions. In the North Island these included Mt Pirongia in the Waikato, the Coromandel Ranges from Mt Moehau to Mt Te Aroha, the Rotorua hills, the Urewera ranges, and the Waitākere ranges near present-day Auckland. In the South Island, they inhabited the hills of Banks Peninsula, the Takitimu range, and the hills between Lake Brunner and the Arahura River.
Another little-known term for these fairy-like folk was pakehakeha, which has been suggested as a possible origin of the word Pākehā
, used to refer to Europeans.
Maori mythology
Māori mythology and Māori traditions are the two major categories into which the legends of the Māori of New Zealand may usefully be divided...
, Patupaiarehe are pale spirit beings that live in deep forests and mountaintops in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, and are sometimes hostile to humans. Ethereal flute music and singing sometimes reveals their presence.
Patupaiarehe, also referred to as Turehu, Ngati Hotu and Urukehu (red heads), were said to live in large guarded communities.They tended to occur in certain localities, especially hilly or mountainous regions. In the North Island these included Mt Pirongia in the Waikato, the Coromandel Ranges from Mt Moehau to Mt Te Aroha, the Rotorua hills, the Urewera ranges, and the Waitākere ranges near present-day Auckland. In the South Island, they inhabited the hills of Banks Peninsula, the Takitimu range, and the hills between Lake Brunner and the Arahura River.
Another little-known term for these fairy-like folk was pakehakeha, which has been suggested as a possible origin of the word Pākehā
Pakeha
Pākehā is a Māori language word for New Zealanders who are "of European descent". They are mostly descended from British and to a lesser extent Irish settlers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, although some Pākehā have Dutch, Scandinavian, German, Yugoslav or other ancestry...
, used to refer to Europeans.