Echidna

Cover page Title page Copyright for my ancestors / for my descendants CONTENTS Dramatis Personae | He Tāngata She-viper with Tales Outstretched Part one Echidna: Born of Eve & Lucifer The Snake Woman Echidna & Uenuku Echidna & Her Brothers Echidna & Her Christian Dad Echidna Meets Hine-nui-te-pō Māui & Prometheus Have a Meet-cute II Echidna Goes through Her Emo Phase Echidna & Her Own Image Echidna Meets Another Eve Echidna in Kirikiriroa over the Summer Echidna & Her Bird Tongue Echidna Gets a Name Change Echidna & Her Life Māui-Pōtiki & Prometheus Make Love on Mt Elbrus III Echidna Goes Out on the Town; Meets Typhon Echidna & Narcissus Echidna Dances w/ Poūkahangatus & All the Colours of the Wind Echidna Starts an Instagram Account One Must Imagine Sisyphus Is Actually Doing Something Incredibly Important Echidna & Nafanua Mahuika & Prometheus Discuss the Pros + Cons of Fire IV Echidna Tries Her Best to Console Herculine Echidna & Her Milton Echidna & Hemi in Rānana Echidna & Ureia Echidna Is a Cleaner at Night Echidna Goes to See the Drone Perform in Front of a Live Audience Echidna Asks Rona One Hundred Questions Prometheus & His Lover’s Great Accomplishment V Hineraukatauri & Her Lover Zoa Mauao & the Angel Michael Tūmatauenga at the Frontlines Hinemoana Kurangaituku & the Sirens Prometheus Collects the Body of His Lover VI Echidna & Rona Fucking in the Back Seat of a Car While the Moon Watches Echidna & Eve Have a Sleepover Echidna on The Strand Hine-nui-te-pō & the Dominant Species Echidna & the Spider Echidna & a Drag Queen Named Pipi Prometheus at the Crucifixion VII Echidna: Half Woman Half Snake Echidna Has Breakfast with the Last Moahunter Echidna Thinks About the Future Echidna and the Spider at a Karaoke Bar Echidna’s Fate Māui Becomes Who S/He Was Meant to Be Hinenākahirua Repairs Something that Needs Repairing Notes Acknowledgements 
 
 
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 First published 2022
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 for my ancestors / for my descendants
 CONTENTS
 Dramatis Personae | He Tāngata
 She-viper with Tales Outstretched
 I
 Echidna: Born of Eve & Lucifer
 The Snake Woman
 Echidna & Uenuku
 Echidna & Her Brothers
 Echidna & Her Christian Dad
 Echidna Meets Hine-nui-te-pō
 Māui & Prometheus Have a Meet-cute
 II
 Echidna Goes through Her Emo Phase
 Echidna & Her Own Image
 Echidna Meets Another Eve
 Echidna in Kirikiriroa over the Summer
 Echidna & Her Bird Tongue
 Echidna Gets a Name Change
 Echidna & Her Life
 Māui-Pōtiki & Prometheus Make Love on Mt Elbrus
 III
 Echidna Goes Out on the Town; Meets Typhon
 Echidna & Narcissus
 Echidna Dances w/ Poūkahangatus & All the Colours of the Wind
 Echidna Starts an Instagram Account
 One Must Imagine Sisyphus Is Actually Doing Something Incredibly Important
 Echidna & Nafanua
 Mahuika & Prometheus Discuss the Pros + Cons of Fire
 IV
 Echidna Tries Her Best to Console Herculine
 Echidna & Her Milton
 Echidna & Hemi in Rānana
 Echidna & Ureia
 Echidna Is a Cleaner at Night
 Echidna Goes to See the Drone Perform in Front of a Live Audience
 Echidna Asks Rona One Hundred Questions
 Prometheus & His Lover’s Great Accomplishment
 V
 Hineraukatauri & Her Lover
 Zoa
 Mauao & the Angel Michael
 Tūmatauenga at the Frontlines
 Hinemoana
 Kurangaituku & the Sirens
 Prometheus Collects the Body of His Lover
 VI
 Echidna & Rona Fucking in the Back Seat of a Car While the Moon Watches
 Echidna & Eve Have a Sleepover
 Echidna on The Strand
 Hine-nui-te-pō & the Dominant Species
 Echidna & the Spider
 Echidna & a Drag Queen Named Pipi
 Prometheus at the Crucifixion
 VII
 Echidna: Half Woman Half Snake
 Echidna Has Breakfast with the Last Moahunter
 Echidna Thinks About the Dramatis Personae | He Tāngata
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Echidna: eponymous character, Greek Mother of Monsters & messy takatāpui wahine. Has two long snake tails instead of legs. (she/they)
 Adam: the first man according to Genesis, is a dummy. (he/him)
 a figure that sits on the other side of the water: a person that lives alone in a tower. (they/ia)
 Argus Panoptes: a creature with many eyes. (he/him)
 Christian dad: is a dad and is also Christian, left a while back. (he/him)
 Elon Musk: sent a car into space as a show of power. (he/him)
 Eve (1): the first woman according to Genesis. (she/her)
 Eve (2): a person that Echidna likes hanging out with. (she/they/he)
 Gaia: embodiment of nature. (she/her)
 Gerard Way: singer of the band My Chemical Romance. (he/they)
 Hatupatu AKA The Te Arawa boy: enough about him already. (he/him)
 Hemi: a Māori boy who found himself in England. (he/him)
 Milton: an old poet, was blind and hated the monarchy. (he/him)
 Nafanua: a Samoan warrior goddess. (she/her)
 Narcissus: a person with a great interest in reflection. (they/them)
 Papatūānuku: the earth, te ao. (she/ia)
 Pipi: a drag queen named. (she/her)
 Poūkahangatus: revolutionary wahine Māori, a gorgon. (she/her)
 Prometheus: a Titan that has an interest in fire. (he/they)
 Punga: atua of the ugly things. (he/him)
 Rehua: of the stars, knows a lot of stuff. (he/him)
 Rona: a person with a fraught relationship with the moon. Echidna likes them, like, like-likes them. (they/she/he)
 Sisyphus: apparently stuck doing the same task forever, we know the truth. (they/them)
 Tamanuiterā: the sun boy. (he/him)
 Tāne Mahuta: atua of the ngahere. (he/him)
 Tangaroa: atua of the sea. (he/him)