Tangotango
Māori · deity · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Maori celestial woman, sky-wife of Tawhaki and mother of Arahuta. Some recensions call her Hapai; here the by-name Hapai denotes the celestial wife of Tawhaki and is kept distinct from the Hawaiian Hapai by-name attached to the thunder-goddess Whaitiri.
Children
Domains
- sky
Relations
- spouse: TāwhakiSky-wife of Tawhaki who descended to him by night; mother of Arahuta.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Tawhaki cycle (secondary)
- mother of: ArahutaMother of the sky-maiden Arahuta by Tawhaki; took the child to heaven after the quarrel.George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), Tawhaki cycle (secondary)
Sources
- existence: George Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855), The Legend of Tawhaki (secondary); Tregear, The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), s.v. Tangotango (secondary)