Whiro
Māori · deity · primordial · deity
Māori god of darkness, disease and death; antithesis of Tāne.
Parentage
Domains
- darkness
- disease death
Powers
- Send illness, decay and misfortune to humankind
- Wage perpetual enmity against Tāne of the light
- Devour the dead in the underworld
Epithets
- Whiro-te-tipua
Relations
- sibling: Haumia-tiketike
- sibling: Rongo
- sibling: Tāne
- sibling: Tangaroa
- sibling: Tāwhirimātea
- sibling: Tūmatauenga