Tāne

Māori god of forests and birds; separated earth and sky and made the first woman.

Parentage

• Ranginui
• Papatūānuku

Children

• Hine-nui-te-pō

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

Sources

• Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855)