Muriranga-whenua

The grandmother of Māui, with a magical jawbone:

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Maui often now visited his parents.Each time he did this he noticed that some of their people carried food away, and he inquired the cause.

“Who is that you give food to?” he asked.

And they told him:

“To your ancestress. Muri-ranga-whenua.”

“Where does she live?”

“Yonder,” they replied.

“That will do,” he answers. “Leave the food here and I myseif will take it to her.”

From that time he took the presents of food himself. But he hid them for many days instead of carrying them to Muri-ranga-whenua. At last she suspected something wrong, and she sniffed and sniffed until she thought she smelt something and she grew very hungry. She smelt to the southward — nothing there: to the north — nothing: to the east — nothing; but she could smell no human being, although he would have eaten even a man if one came, since she was so hungry. At last she turned her head to the west and she sniffed and sniffed until she smelt Maui coming.

“I know there is some one there, I can smell him,” she cried, and Maui said:

“Yes, it is Maui.”

And she knew it was a grandson of hers by the voice, so she controlled her hunger, although if he had come from any direction except the west she would probably have eaten him up.

And when he came to her she asked.

“Why have you served me this deceitful trick.”

And he said:

“I wanted your jawbone, for it is a magical instrument.”

She said: “Take it. It has been kept for you.” And Maui took the jaw-bone of Muri-ranga-whenua and returned home.

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