Pani: The goddess of vegetation from New Zealand.
Pani, the Maori goddess of vegetation and fertility, is revered by the Maori people.
She gave birth to the yam, which is one of the Polynesian
islands' most significant crops.
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Goddess Pani
Goddess Papatuanuku
Maori Earth Mother, Papatuanuku.
Papatuanuku is revered by the Maori of New Zealand as the mother of humans, animals, and forests.
She provides nourishment for the planet, and in return,
parents pledge their children's fealty to her.
Papatuanuku's rage generates earthquakes when she is
forcefully taken from her lover Rangi Nui.
Goddess Marama
Marama is the name of a New Zealand moon deity.
Marama, a divinity of light and resurrection, is revered by the Maori people.
She gathers the souls of people as a goddess of death,
guaranteeing that they do not return to the world of the living.
Goddess Hine
New Zealand's great goddess.
Hine is the darker side of Hina and is regarded as a deity in her own right in New Zealand tradition.
Hine is revered as the ancestral goddess from whom all life
originates and to whom all life returns after death.
She is the ruler of night and the underworld in particular,
as well as arts and crafts in general.
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