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This is an example of a family tree of the Māori gods showing the most importantgods inMāori mythology.
This family tree gives just an example - there are remarkable regional variations.
Māori Goddesses are displayed initalics
The primordial gods wereRanginui andPapatūānuku,Heaven andEarth.
| Ranginui Sky father | Papatūānuku Earth mother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tūmatauenga God of war, hunting, fishing and agriculture | Tāwhirimātea God of the Weather, and storms[1] | Hine-ahu-one First woman | Tāne-mahuta God of forests and birds | Tangaroa God of the sea | Rongo-mā-tāne God of peace, and of cultivated plants | Haumia-tiketike God of wild food plants | Urutengangana God of the light | Ruaumoko God of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Seasons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hine Tiitama Later,Hine-nui-te-pō, Goddess of death | Hine-te-Iwaiwa | Punga Ancestor of all strange creatures | Taro Colocasia esculenia | Aka-pohue | Aka-Tawhiwhi | Kaitangata Husband ofWhaitiri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tangaroa-a-kiukiu | Tangaroa-a-roto | Rona | Ikatere Ancestor of fish | Tū-te-wehiwehi Ancestor of reptiles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hine Raumati Personification of Summer | Hine Takurua Personification of Winter | Māui Demigod | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tane Rore Inventor of Kapa haka | Tama-nui-te-rā Personification of the Sun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Te Anu-matao was the wife of Tangaroa.
Hine-titamauri was the wife of Punga.
Hine-te-Iwaiwa married Tangaroa and had Tangaroa-a-kiukiu, Tangaroa-a-roto, and Rona.Tangaroa-a-roto and Rona married Te Marama the moon. Hinetakurua married Tama-nui-te-ra, the Sun.[2]
Uru-Te-ngangana is believed to be the father of all light, and his children are stars, sun and moon.
The father and mother of creation/all gods are personifications of the stages of creation; Te Kore, Te Po, etc
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