KnowraMāori mythologyLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to Māori mythology, each with the reason it gives.All 10Broader topic 2Related 5Narrower topic 2Compared with 1MythologyBroader topic: Its accounts of creation and ancestral relationships show how mythology can ground identity and place.Southern AlpsRelated: Māori traditions give Aoraki and the surrounding mountains ancestral significance.Aoraki / Mount CookNarrower topic: Māori traditions explain Aoraki’s origin and connect the mountain with Ngāi Tahu identity.Māori migration to New ZealandRelated: Settlement and ancestral origins became central themes in Māori narratives.Māori peopleRelated: These narratives preserve Māori understandings of ancestry and relationships with the world.Cape ReingaNarrower topic: Māori accounts connect this headland with the spirits of the dead and their journey to Hawaiki.Polynesian mythologyBroader topic: Its stories of Rangi and Papa and Māui are prominent traditions within the wider Polynesian world.Te WahipounamuRelated: Local traditions connect the landscape’s features with ancestral stories and meaning.WhakairoRelated: Narratives and ancestral figures represented in carvings draw on this body of knowledge.Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the AmericasCompared with: Its Polynesian context distinguishes it from Indigenous traditions of the Americas.