Rua-te-pupuke (Tangaroa entry)
Māori · deity · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Tregear’s Tangaroa entry lists Rua-te-pupuke among nine daughters of Tangaroa. This listing does not establish identity with the carver Ruatepupuke of other accounts.
Parentage
Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.
No parents recorded in the default.
Parentage accounts
Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.
- Tregear daughters
deity by descent in this account.
- father: TangaroaEdward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)
Names and tradition associations
- Ruatepupuke The 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
- father: TangaroaEdward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)
- name comparison: RuatepupukeEdward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)
Sources
- Tregear’s Tangaroa entry lists Rua-te-pupuke among nine daughters of Tangaroa. This listing does not establish identity with the carver Ruatepupuke of other accounts.: Edward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)