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Uranga-o-te-rā

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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.

References

  • 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.