Vote for this God on RELIGER Gods Poll In Māori mythology, Tangotango (sometimes called Hāpai) was a celestial woman who fell in love with the great hero Tāwhaki and came to earth to become his wife. After bearing him a daughter, Arahuta, they quarreled and she returned to heaven. Tāwhaki and his brother set...
Vote for this God on RELIGER Gods Poll In Māori mythology, Tāwhaki is a semi-supernatural being associated with lightning and thunder. Genealogy The genealogy of Tāwhaki varies somewhat in different accounts. In general, Tāwhaki is a grandson of Whaitiri, a cannibalistic goddess who marries the mortal Kaitangata (man-eater), thinking that he shares her taste...
Vote for this God on RELIGER Gods Poll In Māori mythology, Te Uira is a personification of lightning and a great-grandparent of Whaitiri (Reed 1963:158). Te Uira’s child Te Kanapu, grandparent of Whaitiri, is also a personification of lightning. This article is part of RELIGER Gods Ledger...
Vote for this God on RELIGER Gods Poll In Māori mythology, Tinirau is a guardian of fish. He is a son of Tangaroa, the god of the sea. His home at Motutapu (sacred island) is surrounded with pools for breeding fish. He also has several pet whales. Hinauri, sister to the Māui brothers, had...
Vote for this God on RELIGER Gods Poll In Māori mythology, Tū-te-wehiwehi (or Tutewehiwehi) is the father of all reptiles, and is also known as Tu-te-wanawana (or Māori: Tū-te-wanawana). Family He is a son of Punga and brother of Ikatere. Father of Punga was Tangaroa, king of the sea. When Tāwhirimātea made war against...
Vote for this God on RELIGER Gods Poll In Māori mythology, Uenuku or Kahukura is the god of rainbows. He is particularly special to the Tainui and Ngai Tahu Māori. Kahukura, after whom the rock, Te Tihi o Kahukura or Castle Rock on the Banks Peninsula in Canterbury is named was also known as...
Vote for Urutengangana God on RELIGER Gods Poll Urutengangana, in Māori mythology, is the Māori god of light. He is the firstborn of the children of the primal parents, Ranginui the Sky father and Papatūānuku the Earth mother. Also known as The Gleaming One, a personification of light, Urutengangana had two wives, Moeahuru and...
Vote for this God on RELIGER Gods Poll In Māori mythology, Whaitiri is a female deity, a personification of thunder, and the grandmother of Tāwhaki and Karihi. Whaitiri is the granddaughter of Te Kanapu, and the great-granddaughter of Te Uira, both of whom are personified forms of lightning (Reed 1963:158). In Maori mythology, there...
Vote for this God on RELIGER Gods Poll In Māori mythology, Whiro (or Hiro in the Tuamotus) is the lord of darkness, or the embodiment of all evil. He is the brother and enemy of Tāne. He inhabits the underworld and is responsible for the ills of all persons. In some versions of this...
Vote for this God on RELIGER Gods Poll In a tradition of the Moriori people of the Chatham Islands, Rohe is the wife of the demi-god Māui. Beautiful Rohe was a sister of the sun, and her face shone. A quarrel arose after Rohe remarked that Māui’s face was ugly. Māui then decided that...
