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In [[Polynesian mythology]] ([[Maori]]), '''Uranga-o-Te-Ra''' is the [[underworld]], ruled by [[Rohe]].
In [[Māori mythology]], '''Te Uranga-o-te-rā''' is the fifth-lowest level of the [[underworld]], ruled by [[Rohe (mythology)|Rohe]], the wife of [[Māui (Māori mythology)|Māui]], where "she kills all the spirits she can."<ref>pantheon.org/articles/u/uranga-o-te-ra.html</ref>


==References==
[[Category:Polynesian mythology]]
*R.D. Craig, ''Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology'' (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989), 314–5
*E.R. Tregear, ''Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary'', (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay, 1891), 421, 578.

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In Māori mythology, Te Uranga-o-te-rā is the fifth-lowest level of the underworld, ruled by Rohe, the wife of Māui, where "she kills all the spirits she can."[1]

References

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  • R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York, 1989), 314–5
  • E.R. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay, 1891), 421, 578.

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  1. ^ pantheon.org/articles/u/uranga-o-te-ra.html