Tangaroa
Sign in to saveTangaroa (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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11 sectionsContents
- Māori traditions
- Cook Islands
- Moriori
- Elsewhere
- Polynesia
- Melanesia
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
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.
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.