Ranginui

Māori primordial sky father, locked in embrace with Papatūānuku until separated by their sons.

Children

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

Domains

• sky
• rain

Powers

• Weep rain and dew toward the earth

Relations

• spouse: Papatūānuku

Sources

• Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855)