Hine

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Alignment: Neutral
Domains: Darkness, Death, Magic, Underworld
Favored Weapon: Dagger
Symbol: a bat
Hine (pronounced “HEE-nay”) is the goddess of night and death. She fled to the underworld because she discovered that Tāne, whom she had married, was also her father.

All of the children of Rangi and Papa were male. It was Tāne who first felt the need for a wife and began to look for a companion. His mother made a woman’s form from clay and breathed life into it, forming the first woman. Tāne mated with this earth-formed maiden, and sired a child named Hine. Tāne then took his daughter to be his wife.

One day while Tāne was away, Hine began to wonder who her father was. She was disgusted and ashamed when she heard that her husband was also her father, and she ran away. When Tāne returned he was told that she had run off to the spirit-world, and he quickly followed after her. But he was stopped from entering by Hine herself, in her new role as goddess of the underworld. So Tāne came back to the upper world, while Hine stayed below.

Later, Māui attempted to make mankind immortal by crawling through Hine’s body while she slept. To his demise, the laughter of Māui’s companions awoke Hine, who crushed him with her vagina. Thus Māui became the first man to die, and death entered the world.

Hine’s mask is black, with the eyes and nose of a bat outlined in white paint. During funeral services, her presence is symbolized by a live bat held in a wooden cage. Most of her worshippers are the close family and friends of a departed loved one, who seek the counsel and communion with the deceased. Other followers seek her wrath and power to exact revenge on those who have wronged them. Thus she is worshipped by both good and evil followers, as well as all creatures of darkness and night.

Hine belongs to the Fire Islands Pantheon.