Tangaroa
Mangaian · deity · mythic · deity
Elder twin son of Vatea and Papa (Gill 1876); golden/yellow-haired; god of the sea and of all things red; passed over for the younger Rongo and so departing Mangaia, his cult flourishing instead on Rarotonga and Aitutaki.
Parentage
Domains
- the sea
- all things red
- abundance and property
Powers
- claim as his portion everything red
Relations
- twin sibling: Rongo
- sibling: Tane
- sibling: Tangiia
- sibling: Tonga-iti
- equated with: Tangaroa
- equated with: Kanaloa
- equated with: Tagaloa
- equated with: Ta'aroa
- equated with: Tangaloa 'Eitumatupu'a
- equated with: Tangaroa
- equated with: Takaroa
- equated with: Tanaoa