Papatūānuku

Māori primordial earth mother and nurturer of all life.

Children

• Haumia-tiketike
• Rongo
• Tāne
• Tangaroa
• Tāwhirimātea
• Tūmatauenga
• Whiro

Domains

• earth
• fertility

Powers

• Nurture all living things upon her body
• Send rising mist as sighs of longing

Relations

• equated with: Papa
• spouse: Ranginui

Sources

• Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855)