Tane
Mangaian · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Mangaian tribal god, son of Vatea and Papa, brother of the twins (Gill 1876). Gill's by-name Tane-papa-kai connects him with the provision of food.
Parentage
Domains
- tribal god of mangaia
- provision of food
Powers
- provide the food of the people
Relations
- sibling: RongoRongo is named his elder brother.Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), Ch. I, pp. 12–14 (primary)
- sibling: TangaroaGill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), Ch. I, pp. 12–14 (primary)
- sibling: TangiiaGill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), Ch. I, pp. 12–14 (primary)
- sibling: Tonga-itiGill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), Ch. I, pp. 12–14 (primary)
- equated with: TāneReflex of the same ancestral Polynesian deity (*Tāne), cognate across the island groups.Comparative Polynesian mythology: reflexes of the same ancestral deity across the island groups (E. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, 1891; R. D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology, 1989) (secondary)
- equated with: TāneReflex of the same ancestral Polynesian deity (*Tāne), cognate across the island groups.Comparative Polynesian mythology: reflexes of the same ancestral deity across the island groups (E. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, 1891; R. D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology, 1989) (secondary)
- equated with: TaneReflex of the same ancestral Polynesian deity (*Tāne), cognate across the island groups.Comparative Polynesian mythology: reflexes of the same ancestral deity across the island groups (E. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, 1891; R. D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology, 1989) (secondary)
- equated with: TaneReflex of the same ancestral Polynesian deity (*Tāne), cognate across the island groups.Comparative Polynesian mythology: reflexes of the same ancestral deity across the island groups (E. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, 1891; R. D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology, 1989) (secondary)
Sources
- Tane (Tane-papa-kai) is a son of Vatea and Papa and one of the tribal gods of Mangaia, a younger brother of Rongo.: William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), Ch. I, pp. 12–14 (primary)