Haumia

The guardian of wild foods and the uncultivated treasures of the earth, he represents the sustenance found in the deep bush and the unplowed fern-root. During the great separation of the parents, he hid within the body of his mother to escape the wind's wrath, only to be betrayed by his hair sticking out of the ground. He is the spirit of the foraging ancestor, the one who knows the secrets of the forest floor and the hidden calories of the wilderness. He represents the wild, untamed abundance that exists outside the fences of man.