Editing Mārikoriko

{{Short description|First woman in Māori mythology}}
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In a [[Māori mythology|Māori legend]] attributed by ethnographer [[John White (ethnographer)|John White]] to the [[Ngāti Hau]] [[iwi]] (tribe),{{fact|date=July 2017}} '''Mārikoriko''' (Twilight) is the [[List of first men or women in mythology and religion|first woman]], created by [[Ārohirohi]] (Shimmering heat) from the heat of the sun and the echoing cliff.<ref>{{cite book| author = {{nobr|Craig R.D.}} | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pG2fvBwNplYC | title = Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology |year= 1989 |publisher= Greenwood Press | page = 409 | isbn = 9780313258909| ref = Craig}}</ref> She married [[Tiki (mythology)|Tiki]], the first man, and gave birth to [[Hine-kau-ataata]] (woman floating in shadows).

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[[Category:Legendary Māori people]]
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[[Category:Women in mythology]]
[[Category:Mythological first humans]]

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