Te Pounamu
Māori · deity · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Te Pounamu is named among the fish-class gods born to Tangaroa and Te Anu-matao in Tregear’s account.
Parentage
Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.
No parents recorded in the default.
Parentage accounts
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- Tregear fish class
deity by descent in this account.
- father: TangaroaEdward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)
- mother: Te Anu-mataoEdward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)
Relations
- father: TangaroaEdward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)
- mother: Te Anu-mataoEdward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)
Sources
- Te Pounamu is named among the fish-class gods born to Tangaroa and Te Anu-matao in Tregear’s account.: Edward Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), pp. 463–464, Tangaroa entry (secondary)