Tane

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

• Vatea
• Papa

Domains

• tribal god of mangaia
• provision of food

Powers

• provide the food of the people

Relations

• sibling: Rongo
• sibling: Tangaroa
• sibling: Tangiia
• sibling: Tonga-iti
• equated with: Tāne
• equated with: Tāne
• equated with: Tane
• equated with: Tane

Sources

• William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), Ch. I, pp. 12–14