Family tree of the Māori gods

This is an example of a family tree of the Māori gods showing the most important gods in Māori mythology.

This family tree gives just an example- there are remarkable regional variations.

Māori Goddesses are displayed in italics

The primordial gods were Ranginui and Papatūānuku, Heaven and Earth.

Ranginui
Sky father
Papatūānuku
Earth mother
Tūmatauenga
God of war, hunting, fishing and agriculture
Tāwhirimātea
God of the Weather, and storms[1]
Tāne-mahuta
God of forests and birds
Tangaroa
God of the sea
Rongo
God of peace, and of cultivated plants
Haumia-tiketike
God of wild food plants
Urutengangana
God of the light
Ruaumoko
God of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Seasons
Hine-nui-te-pō
Goddess of death
Punga
Ancestor of all strange creatures
Kaitangata
Husband of Whaitiri
Ikatere
Ancestor of fish
Tū-te-wehiwehi
Ancestor of reptiles
Māui
Demigod

Te Anu-matao was the wife of Tangaroa.

Hine-titamauri was the wife of Punga.

Hine Ahu-One, an ancestor of the first humans, was the wife of Tane and Mother of Hine Titama/Hine-Nui-Te-Po.

Uru-Te-ngangana is believed to be the father of all light, and his children are stars, sun and moon.

The father and mother of creation/all gods are personifications of the stages of creation; Te Kore, Te Po, etc

See also

References

  1. Ayla Te Aira Blair-Smith


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