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Rongo
Sign in to saveIn Māori mythology, Rongo or Rongo-mā-Tāne (also Rongo-hīrea, Rongo-marae-roa, and Rongo-marae-roa-a-Rangi) is a major god (atua) of cultivated plants, especially kūmara, a vital crop. Other crops cultivated by Māori in traditional times included taro, yams (uwhi), cordyline (tī), and gourds (hue). Because of their tropical origin, most of these crops were difficult to grow except in the far north of the North Island, hence the importance of Rongo in New Zealand.
Key facts
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- Deity.type
- Polynesian
- Deity.name
- Rongo
- Deity.god_of
- Māori god of kūmara and cultivated plants,Mangaian god of agriculture and war
- Deity.other_names
- Rongo-hīrea, Rongo-mā-Tāne, Rongo-marae-roa, Rongo-marae-roa-a-Rangi
- Deity.cult_centre
- Orongo marae (Mangaia)
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- Deity.consort
- Te-po-tatango, Tavake (Mangaia)
- Deity.parents
- Rangi and Papa (Arawa tribes), or Vatea and Papa (southern Cook Islands), or Tāne (Ngāti Awa tribe)
- Deity.siblings
- Rehua, Urutengangana, Haumia, Tāne, Tangaroa, Tāwhirimātea, Tū, Rūaumoko
- Deity.offspring
- Tavake, Rangi, Mokoiro, Akatauira (Mangaia)
- Deity.gender
- Male
- Deity.region
- Polynesia
- Deity.ethnic_group
- New Zealand Māori,Southern Cook Islands Māori, particularly Mangaians
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Separation of the primordial parents
- Kūmara
- Rongo in the Cook Islands
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
In Māori mythology, Rongo or Rongo-mā-Tāne (also Rongo-hīrea, Rongo-marae-roa, and Rongo-marae-roa-a-Rangi) is a major god (atua) of cultivated plants, especially kūmara, a vital crop. Other crops cultivated by Māori in traditional times included taro, yams (uwhi), cordyline (tī), and gourds (hue). Because of their tropical origin, most of these crops were difficult to grow except in the far north of the North Island, hence the importance of Rongo in New Zealand.
He was also an important god of agriculture and god of war in the southern Cook Islands, especially on Mangaia where the Akaoro marae and Orongo marae were centres of his worship; where cooked taro was offered to him to assure success in battle and the fertility of land.