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ID: 901002581
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002581
Record Type: Character/Person

Poutini (Maori being)

Note: A Maori being, the guardian of the deity Ngahue, who is the god of pounamu stone.

Names:
Poutini (Maori being) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Pacific Islander iconography> (P)
........<Pacific Islander characters> (P)
............Poutini (Maori being) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Poutini Kidnaps Waitaiki
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Pacific Islander iconography, Pacific Islander narratives, Poutini Kidnaps Waitaiki (Maori narrative)) [901002583]
associated with .... Ngahue
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Pacific Islander iconography, Pacific Islander characters, Ngahue (Maori deity)) [901002582]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... taniwha
.....(deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Maori (culture or style)
.....(New Zealand, Polynesian, Oceanic, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... pounamu
.....(rock (inorganic material), inorganic material, materials by composition, materials (substances), Materials (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Poutini (Maori being)
................Te Papa online (2000-) https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/topic/1972
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Te Papa online (2000-) https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/topic/1972

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