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Uira

Scope Note

Traditional usage: the personification of lightning. Contemporary usage: flash of bright light produced by an electric discharge between clouds or cloud and ground.

Tukutuku/Used For

Hiko (Āhua-o-te-rangi)

English Used For

Lightning

Tahūhū/Broader Term

Āhua-o-te-rangi
Atua

Kaho/Related Term

Hine-te-Uira