Tangaroa-tui-mata

In Gill’s Manihiki narrative, Tangaroa-tui-mata keeps fire in Avaiki. His grandson Maui learns fire-making from him, kills him by pulling his rainbow girdle, and restores him to life from bones enclosed in a coconut shell.

Children

• Manuahifare

Names and tradition associations

• Tangaroa Mangaian · resolvedWilliam Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 63–69 (primary)

Relations

• counterpart of: TangaroaDistinct island accounts in Gill; their parents, descendants and objects are not interchangeable.William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 10–14, 63–69 (primary)

Sources

• In Gill’s Manihiki narrative, Tangaroa-tui-mata keeps fire in Avaiki. His grandson Maui learns fire-making from him, kills him by pulling his rainbow girdle, and restores him to life from bones enclosed in a coconut shell.: William Wyatt Gill, Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (1876), pp. 66–69 (primary)