Rohe

"ROHE "IS THE MAORI GODDESS OF THE FIFTH LEVEL OF THE UNDERWORLD. SHE WAS THE SISTER OF THE SUN AND WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL. HER HUSBAND "MAUI", HOWEVER, WAS AS UGLY AS "ROHE "WAS LOVELY, AND HE WAS JEALOUS OF HER BEAUTY.A QUARREL AROSE BETWEEN THE TWO AND SHE REMARKED THAT HE HAD AN UGLY FACE. IT WAS THEN THAT HE USED HER IN A MEAN AND QUITE PECULIAR WAY. HE SUGGESTED TO HER THAT THEY SWITCH FACES, AND WHEN SHE REFUSED, CAST A SPELL ON "ROHE" TO PUT HER TO SLEEP AND WHISPERED AN INCANTATION OVER HER AND MADE THE SWITCH.

WHEN" ROHE" WOKE AND SAW THAT SHE WAS NOW UGLY, SHE LEFT MAUI AND THE WORLD OF LIGHT AND WENT TO LIVE IN THE DARKNESS OF THE UNDERWORLD WHERE SHE BECAME A DEATH GODDESS. THUS WERE BLACK MAGIC AND DEATH INTRODUCED INTO THE WORLD. AFTER HER DEATH, SHE RULED AS THE "GODDESS OF THE SPIRIT WORLD" WHERE SHE GATHERED IN THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD. EVIL INFLUENCES WERE ATTRIBUTED TO HER.


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