Io Matua Kore
deity sky New Zealand single tradition · 4
Io Matua Kore is an atua in Māori tradition. Mataaho may be one of the names or aspects of this deity.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- Attested period
- 1830 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Matakerepō, Ohomatakamokamo, Te Uira, Tāwhaki, Ikatere, Punga, Makeatutara, Mataaho, Kiwa, Maru, Pūhaorangi, Rehua, Haere, Rongomai, Uenuku, Urutengangana, Whiro, Kahukura, Haumiatiketike, Rongomātāne, Tānemahuta, Aituā, Ngahue, Tamanuiterā, Tūtewehiwehi, Tangaloa, Tagaloa, Ta'aroa, Rūaumoko, Mahuika, Patupaiarehe, Papatūānuku, Ranginui, Tāwhirimātea, Tangaroa, Tūmatauenga, Rongo, Ao, Māui, Tiki, Tane-rore, Auahitūroa, Tinirau, Kanaloa
- manifests as
- Mataaho
Mentioned by
- Tagaloa
- Ta'aroa
- Rūaumoko
- Mahuika
- Patupaiarehe
- Papatūānuku
- Ranginui
- Tāwhirimātea
- Tangaroa
- Tūmatauenga
- Rongo
- Ao
- Māui
- Tiki
- Tane-rore
- Auahitūroa
and 2 more
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“Tagaloa's role as paramount deity in the Samoa pantheon bears similarities to the position of Ta'aroa in Tahiti and Io Matua Kore in New Zealand.”
#31272 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Mataaho is also involved in the stories of Rangi and Papa (however Mataaho may be one of the names for the atua Io Matua Kore (Io-mataaho)).”
#31603 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Io Matua Kore, the supreme being; personification of light and the world of the living and the forest.”
#32260 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Io Matua Kore paramount deity in New Zealand Māori mythology”
#32767 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001