Mārikoriko

In a Māori legend attributed by ethnographer John White to the Ngāti Hau iwi (tribe),^{[citation needed]} Mārikoriko (Twilight) is the first woman, created by Ārohirohi (Shimmering heat) from the heat of the sun and the echoing cliff.^[1] She married Tiki, the first man, and gave birth to Hine-kau-ataata (woman floating in shadows).