Io
Io is described as the Supreme Being. Marama comes from Io, according to the genealogy presented.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Greek mythological figure attested from archaic period, priestess of Hera at Argos.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Rangi, Po, Dyaus, Prithvi, Zas, Chthonie, Hermes, Oceanus, Oceanic Nymphs, Tāwhirimātea, Tangaroa, Tāne, Rongo, Papa, Gaia
- parent of
- Marama
- consort of
- Zeus
- syncretized with
- Hera
- allied with
- Prometheus, drakaina
- child of
- Zeus
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“(Some sources reference a supreme personification: Io; however this idea remains controversial.)”
#944 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“First there is the Supreme Being, Io, from Io comes Marama and from Marama is Po. Finally, from Po, is Rangi and Papa, Heaven Father and Earth Mother, from which all other gods were descended.”
#19393 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Io the priestess of Hera at Argos and consort of Zeus, was another form of Hera. In a Greek myth "Io" is transformed into a cow”
#28555 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The idea that the Io represented a pre-Christian understanding of "God" much like the Christian God would be propagated by Elsdon Best in his Maori Religion and Mythology. The Io tradition was initially rejected by scholars including prominent Māori scholar Te Rangi Hīroa”
#31581 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“then appears Io, victim of Zeus’ love and Hera’s jealousy, to whom Prometheus prophesies her future wanderings”
#43805 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free