Talk:Hina (goddess)

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Attribution to a culture within Polynesia
This article suffers from a lack of proper attribution to a culture within Polynesia. Is this the Hina from Hawaii, or New Zealand, or Rarotonga, or where. Without this attribution the article is pretty meaningless, since Hina is different from country to country. Even within a country, there are often differences from region to region, so figuring out which country we are dealing with is just the start of attaining a semblance of accuracy. What does portrayed with two heads symbolizing day and night mean? Portrayed how? In artwork? In stories? Kahuroa 10:14, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree. It looks like its Tahitian according to one of the last lines. Goldenrowley 02:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Great Goddess
I removed the sentence in the lead paragraph of the article which said that Hina has been described as the Great Goddess of the Polynesians, ie the Earth Mother. This is certainly not the case in this corner of Polynesia, where Papa is the Earth Mother, and Hina is definitely not in the same league. It may or may not be true elsewhere in Polynesia, but a book like Wilkinson, the source given for the quote, probably wouldn't have that level of detail Kahuroa (talk) 23:52, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

New Zealand Hina?
So in the New Zealand section there's Tuna-roa, Tami, and Suki. Where's Hina? Shouldn't this section be moved to a page about Tuna-roa, Tami, and/or Suki? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.82.177.149 (talk) 15:19, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Suki is not a New Zealand word
The Maori Language of New Zealand does not feature the letter S, therefore no Suki in New Zealand (the closest NZ equivalent would be Huki). I also have never heard a story about Tami and Suki and really doubt if it is a genuine New Zealand tale. I will be editing122.58.170.228 (talk) 08:32, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Merge from Hinauri
It seems that Hinauri is simply an aspect of Hine, already detailed in the Måori mythology section of this page. It would make sense to merge the small amount of extra information there is at the stub Hinauri into the New Zealand section. Grutness... wha?   03:32, 17 September 2023 (UTC)


 * I think my preference would be to expand the content on Hinauri on that article specifically, rather than merge it into here - though I agree that the content at Hinauri is currently not up to scratch. Turnagra (talk) 19:52, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Closing given the uncontested objection and no support. Klbrain (talk) 09:52, 8 January 2024 (UTC)