Ruatepupuke

In the East Coast account, Ruatepupuke is Tangaroa’s grandson and Manuruhi’s father. He recovers his son and carved posts from Tangaroa’s underwater house.

Children in alternative accounts

• Manuruhi: East coast carving accountBrett Graham, Whakairo – Māori carving (2017), Legendary origins of carving, East Coast account (secondary)

Names and tradition associations

• Rua-te-pupuke (Tangaroa entry) Māori · disputedThe daughter listing and male carver narrative give different kinship contexts. Their identity is not established by these passages.Edward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary); Brett Graham, Whakairo – Māori carving (2017), Legendary origins of carving, East Coast account (secondary); Edward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 431–432, Ruapupuke and Ruatepupuke entries (secondary)

Relations

• grandfather: TangaroaBrett Graham, Whakairo – Māori carving (2017), Legendary origins of carving, East Coast account (secondary)
• name comparison: Rua-te-pupuke (Tangaroa entry)Edward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)

Sources

• In the East Coast account, Ruatepupuke is Tangaroa’s grandson and Manuruhi’s father. He recovers his son and carved posts from Tangaroa’s underwater house.: Brett Graham, Whakairo – Māori carving (2017), Legendary origins of carving, East Coast account (secondary)
• Tregear cross-refers Ruatepupuke to Ruapupuke and recounts the rescue and taking of carved house parts.: Edward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 431–432, Ruapupuke and Ruatepupuke entries (secondary)