Tangaroa

Also known as Tanga-roa, Takaroa

Tangaroa (Māori; Takaroa in the South Island dialect; cognate with Tagaloa in Sāmoan) is the great atua of the sea, lakes, rivers, and creatures that live within them, especially fish, in Māori mythology. As Tangaroa-whakamau-tai, he exercises control over the tides. He is sometimes depicted as a whale.

Key facts

Deity.type: Polynesian
Deity.name: Tangaroa
Deity.region: Polynesia
Deity.god_of: Māori of sea and fish, Cook Islander god of sea and fertility Moriori god of fish
Deity.caption: Cook Islands carving of Tangaroa at Te Papa Museum Wellington, New Zealand.
Deity.gender: Male
Deity.ethnic_group: Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Moriori
Deity.parents: Ranginui and Papatūānuku Kāi Tahu: Temoretu
Deity.siblings: Haumia-tiketike, Whiro, Rongo-mā-Tāne, Tāne Mahuta, Tāwhirimātea, Tūmatauenga, Rūaumoko
Deity.offspring: Punga, Tinirau, and 9 daughters
Deity.other_names: Tangaroa-whakamau-tai, Takaroa
Deity.consorts: Te Anu-matao Kāi Tahu: Papatūānuku

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Māori traditions
Cook Islands
Moriori
Elsewhere
Polynesia
Melanesia
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In some of the Cook Islands, he has similar roles, though in Manihiki, he is the fire deity that Māui steals from, which in Māori mythology is instead Mahuika, a goddess of fire.