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ID: 901002582
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002582
Record Type: Character/Person

Ngahue (Maori deity)

Note: Maori god of the stone, pounamu; Poutini is his guardian.

Names:
Ngahue (Maori deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Kahue (Maori deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Pacific Islander iconography> (P)
........<Pacific Islander characters> (P)
............Ngahue (Maori deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Poutini
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Pacific Islander iconography, Pacific Islander characters, Poutini (Maori being)) [901002581]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
is personification of .... 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:
Ngahue (Maori deity)
................Te Papa online (2000-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Kahue (Maori deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Te Papa online (2000-)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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