Tūmatauenga

Māori god of war and progenitor/archetype of humankind.

Parentage

• Ranginui
• Papatūānuku

Domains

• war
• humankind

Powers

• Withstand the storm-god's assault unbroken
• Devise snares, nets and traps to subdue siblings
• Master and source of warfare

Epithets

• Tū-ka-riri
• Tū-ka-nguha
• Tū-kai-taua
• Tū-mata-whāiti
• Tū-whakaheke-tangata

Relations

• sibling: Haumia-tiketike
• sibling: Rongo
• sibling: Tāne
• sibling: Tangaroa
• sibling: Tāwhirimātea
• sibling: Whiro
• equated with: Kū

Sources

• Grey, Polynesian Mythology (1855)