Tangaroa

Māori god of the sea and progenitor of fish; driven into the ocean by the storm-god.

Parentage

• Ranginui
• Papatūānuku

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

Sources

• Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855)