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SPEAKER_05: Before we get started, a quick note. This episode contains graphic depictions of violence. Please be advised if you're listening with children. Hello. From Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Wamanica. This month, we're talking about goddesses, mythical figures who've shaped culture, history, and imagination around the world. She appears at the horizon where sky and saltwater meet, a giant goddess who waits to shepherd souls into the underworld. Her power easily defeated the famed demigod Maui when he dared to agitate her. Let's talk about Hinenui Teipo. Hinenui Teipo is a goddess of the Maori religious tradition, a polytheistic faith that's still practiced by some Maori people in New Zealand today. Before European colonization, these traditions were largely passed down through oral storytelling and epic poems, songs, chants, or prayers. As in many faith traditions, Maori religious tales often exist in multiple versions with varying detail. One goddess that appears throughout centuries of storytelling in the Maori faith is Hinenui Teipo. She is the goddess of the night and of death. She's commonly described as having a giant woman-like figure with eyes of green stone, hair like kelp, and a mouth like a barracuda's. Some accounts say she has a vagina lined with sharp obsidian. In several traditions, the red light of the sunset is said to emanate from her. Hinenui Teipo was the daughter of Hinayahuane, meaning earth-formed woman, who's the first woman in Maori religious tradition. Hinay began her existence as Hinayitima, a beautiful goddess of the dawn. She married Tane, god of forests, light, and birds, and they had many children together. But tragedy struck when the goddess discovered that her beloved husband was also her father. Distraught and ashamed, Hinay fled to the underworld, leaving her family behind. Tane begged her to return to the world of the living, but she refused. Though she wouldn't go back to be with her children, the goddess said she would wait for them, ready to greet them and shepherd their souls safely into the underworld. Thus, she became Hinenui Teipo, goddess of death. Hinenui Teipo waits on the edge of the horizon, capturing dead souls as they come to pass into the underworld. She shields the souls from Firo, the embodiment of evil in Maori tradition. In some tellings, if Firo were ever to devour enough souls, he would become strong enough to break out of the underworld entirely, entering the world of the living and wreaking havoc. So by protecting the souls of the dead, Hinenui Teipo also protects the living. One of the most enduring stories of Hinenui Teipo in Maori tradition involves her defeat of the great demigod Maui. As the tale generally goes, Maui wanted to meddle with the process of death, curious to see if he could achieve immortality. So he consulted his father about the goddess of death. His father described her great power and strength and warned Maui against messing with Hinenui Teipo. But Maui was confident. He had already successfully defeated the sun god and was confident he could win enough fight against the goddess of death. He found Hinenui Teipo asleep and decided to make his move. Maui thought that if he crawled into the goddess's vagina and then back up out of her mouth, he could reverse the very process of life, therefore achieving immortality. He warned the birds who stood watch not to make any noise as he attempted the bizarre feat, lest the goddess awake. But as Maui began his journey into the goddess's flesh, the sight was so ridiculous that the little onlookers burst into laughter. Hinenui Teipo woke up, furious to find herself so rudely disturbed. She snapped her mighty legs shut, killing Maui instantly and killing any hope that mankind could escape mortality. All month, we're talking about goddesses. For more information, find us on Facebook and Instagram at Wamanica Podcast. Special thanks to Liz Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator. As usual, we'll be taking a break for the weekend. Talk to you on Monday. Have you had it with toxic pet odor products
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