Tāne
Māori · deity · primordial · deity
Māori god of forests and birds; separated earth and sky and made the first woman.
Parentage
Children
Domains
- forests
- birds
Powers
- Separate earth and sky with his legs
- Fashion the first woman from earth
- Ascend the heavens to fetch knowledge baskets
- Adorn the sky father with stars
Epithets
- Tāne-te-wānanga
- Tāne Mahuta
- Tāne-nui-a-Rangi
Relations
- equated with: Tāne
- equated with: Tane
- equated with: Tane
- equated with: Tane
- sibling: Haumia-tiketike
- sibling: Rongo
- sibling: Tangaroa
- sibling: Tāwhirimātea
- sibling: Tūmatauenga
- sibling: Whiro
- equated with: Kāne