Tangiia

Mangaian tribal god, son of Vatea and Papa, brother of the twins (Gill 1876). Not to be confused with the Rarotongan canoe-chief Tangiia of the migration traditions.

Parentage

• paternal: Vatea
• maternal: Papa

Names and tradition associations

• Tangiia (Rarotongan chief) Rarotongan · resolvedWilliam Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 24 (primary)

Domains

• tribal god of mangaia

Powers

• stand tutelary over his tribe of Mangaia

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: TaneGill, 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)

Sources

• Tangiia 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)