Tinirau
Mangaian · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Lord of fish, second child of Vari and brother of Vatea (Gill 1876). His name 'myriad' marks the multitude of the sea-creatures in his charge. (The wider Polynesian Tinirau–Hina cycle stands apart from this Mangaian cosmogonic placement.)
Parentage
- maternal: Vari-ma-te-takere
Children
Domains
- lord of fish
- the sea
Powers
- guard and command all the fishes of the sea
Relations
- sibling: VateaBrother of Vatea; both plucked from the right side of Vari, Vatea the first and Tinirau the second.Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), Ch. I, pp. 3–9 (primary)
- sibling: Tango
- spouse: Ina (daughter of Ngaetua)William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 93–94 (primary)
Sources
- Tinirau, the second child of Vari-ma-te-takere plucked from her right side, is the half-fish lord and guardian of all the fishes of the sea.: William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), Ch. I, pp. 5–9 (primary)