Rangi-potiki
Māori · deity · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Tregear’s Tangaroa entry gives Rangi-potiki, a prop of heaven, as Tangaroa’s father by his second wife Papatūānuku. It distinguishes a third wife named Papa.
Children in alternative accounts
- Tangaroa: Rangipotiki second wifeEdward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: PapatūānukuTregear calls Papatūānuku the second wife in this account.Edward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)
- spouse: Papa (third wife of Rangi-potiki)Tregear distinguishes Papa as the third wife.Edward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)
Sources
- Tregear’s Tangaroa entry gives Rangi-potiki, a prop of heaven, as Tangaroa’s father by his second wife Papatūānuku. It distinguishes a third wife named Papa.: Edward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)