ID: 901002578 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002578	Record Type: Character/Person

	Whiro (Maori deity)

Note: Maori deity of the underworld, darkness, and evil.

Names:

	Whiro (Maori deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Pacific Islander iconography> (P)
		........<Pacific Islander characters> (P)
		............Whiro (Maori deity) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Maori (culture or style)
	.....(New Zealand, Polynesian, Oceanic, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... underworld (doctrinal concept)
	.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... evil
	.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Whiro (Maori deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)