Jawnomicon

Horomatangi

Also called Horo-Matangi, Ihu-Maataotao.

A taniwha of Lake Taupo, huge and lizard-like, who overturns boats without eating anyone and once helped the sisters of Ngatoro.

At a glance

Tradition
Maori mythology
Region
Rivers and Lakes (unspecified) (place of origin)
Trait family
The Land-Shapers

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Traits

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Offensive powers

  • Ship capsizing
    why

    He upsets boats and harries the people working the water without ever making a meal of them, which is a specific and deliberate distinction for a tradition to preserve — the danger is entirely real and the appetite is simply absent.

Utility powers

  • Terrain shaping
    why

    The Karapiti blowhole is said to be his doing, and the tradition has him transformed rather than killed at the end of his story, which keeps him present in the landscape as a permanent feature rather than as a memory of something defeated.

Roles

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