Editing Hine-i-Tapeka

In [[Māori mythology]], '''Hine-i-Tapeka''' or '''Tapeka''' is a goddess of [[volcano|underground fire]]. She is the sister of [[Hine-nui-te-pō]] and [[Mahuika]],<ref name=takitimu>{{cite book |url=http://authority.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-MitTaki-t1-body-d2-d3-d1.html |title=Takitimu |author=Tiaki Hikawera Mitira |publisher=Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd |location=Wellington |date=1972 |page=86 |accessdate=4 February 2021 |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226004318/http://authority.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-MitTaki-t1-body-d2-d3-d1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and her parents are given as [[Tāne]]<ref name=Best1924>{{cite journal |url=http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_33_1924/Volume_33%2C_No._130/The_Polynesian_method_of_generating_fire%2C_by_Elsdon_Best%2C_p_87-102/p1 |title=The Polynesian method of generating fire With some Account of the Mythical Origin of Fire, and of its Employment in Ritual Ceremonies as observed among the Maori folk of New Zealand |author=Elsdon Best |journal=Journal of the Polynesian Society |volume=33 |issue=130 |pages=92–93 |date=1924 |accessdate=4 February 2021 |archive-date=9 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209141423/http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_33_1924/Volume_33%2C_No._130/The_Polynesian_method_of_generating_fire%2C_by_Elsdon_Best%2C_p_87-102/p1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> or Makara and Rotua.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_8_1899/Volume_8%2C_No._2%2C_June_1899/Notes_on_Maori_mythology%2C_by_Elsdon_Best%2C_p_93-121/p1 |title=Notes on Maori mythology |author=Elsdon Best |journal=Journal of the Polynesian Society |volume=8 |issue=2 |page=96 |date=1899 |accessdate=4 February 2021 |archive-date=3 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703003723/http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_8_1899/Volume_8%2C_No._2%2C_June_1899/Notes_on_Maori_mythology%2C_by_Elsdon_Best%2C_p_93-121/p1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  According to [[Ngāti Awa]] legend, she pursued [[Māui (mythology)|Māui]] after he had destroyed the Fire Children.<ref name=Best1924/> According to [[Tākitimu]], she hid her fire under the earth, where it became the origin of volcanic fire.<ref name=takitimu/>

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