Tango

Lord of the birds and third child of the primordial mother Vari-ma-te-takere (Gill 1876); set to dwell at Enua-kura, the land of red parrot-feathers. Named in the prose of mangaian_vari_ma_te_takere as one of the four hitherto unauthored children; authored here with the parental link to Vari.

Parentage

• parent: Vari-ma-te-takere

Domains

• lord of birds

Powers

• Hold lordship over the birds and over Enua-kura

Relations

• sibling: VateaBrother of Vatea, the first-born, both plucked from the right side of Vari.Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), Ch. I, pp. 3-9 (primary)
• sibling: TinirauBrother of Tinirau, the second child; Tango is the third of the right-side children.Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), Ch. I, pp. 5-9 (primary)

Sources

• existence: William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), Ch. I Creation, pp. 3-9 (primary); Roland B. Dixon, Oceanic Mythology (The Mythology of All Races, Vol. IX, 1916), pp. 11-13, on the children of Vari (secondary)