Tangaroa
Māori · deity · primordial · deity
Māori god of the sea and progenitor of fish; driven into the ocean by the storm-god.
Parentage
Domains
- sea
- fish
Powers
- Govern the sea, tides and its creatures
- Beget the fish and the reptiles
- Take the form of whale, shark and other sea creatures
Epithets
- Tangaroa-whakamau-tai
Relations
- equated with: Kanaloa
- equated with: Tagaloa
- equated with: Ta'aroa
- equated with: Tangaloa 'Eitumatupu'a
- equated with: Tangaroa
- equated with: Tangaroa
- equated with: Takaroa
- equated with: Tanaoa
- sibling: Haumia-tiketike
- sibling: Rongo
- sibling: Tāne
- sibling: Tāwhirimātea
- sibling: Tūmatauenga
- sibling: Whiro