Punga
deity water Māori single tradition · 7
Punga is the father of Ikatere, according to Māori and Polynesian mythology. He is the son of Tangaroa.
↻ synthesized from 7 sources
When
- Attested period
- 1971 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in Grey 1971.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Urutengangana, Tū-te-wehiwehi, Haumia, Tū, Temoretu, Te Anu-matao, Te Whata-uira-a-Tangawa, Te Whatukura, Poutini, Te Pounamu, Tangotango, Arahuta, Wahieroa, Hine-te-Iwaiwa, Tangaroa-a-kiukiu, Tangaroa-a-roto, Rona, Te Marama, Te Kore, Te Po, Makeatutara, Mataaho, Kiwa, Maru, Pūhaorangi, Rehua, Haere, Rongomai, Uenuku, Urutengangana, Whiro, Kahukura, Haumiatiketike, Rongomātāne, Tānemahuta, Aituā, Ngahue, Tamanuiterā, Tūtewehiwehi, Tāwhirimātea, Tangaroa, Papa, Rangi, Haumia-tiketike, Tūmatauenga, Rūaumoko, Tāne, Rongo, Tāne Mahuta, Tāwhaki, Karihi, Papatūānuku, Ranginui, Tinirau, Tama-nui-te-rā, Hinetakurua, Ao, Māui, Tiki, Tane-rore, Auahitūroa, Io Matua Kore, Te Uira
- parent of
- Ikatere, Tū-te-wehiwehi
- sibling of
- Hemā
- consort of
- Hine-titamauri
- child of
- Tangaroa, Aikanaka, Hinahanaiakamalama, Whaitiri, Kaitangata
Mentioned by
- Tāwhirimātea
- Tangaroa
- Papa
- Rangi
- Haumia-tiketike
- Tūmatauenga
- Rūaumoko
- Tāne
- Rongo
- Tāne Mahuta
- Tāwhaki
- Karihi
- Papatūānuku
- Ranginui
- Tinirau
- Tama-nui-te-rā
and 13 more
Sources
Source passages
“He is a son of Punga, and a grandson of Tangaroa, and his brother is Tū-te-wehiwehi (Grey 1971:1–5).”
#31583 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Punga, a son of Tangaroa, has two children, Ikatere father of fish, and Tū-te-wehiwehi (or Tū-te-wanawana) the ancestor of reptiles”
#31661 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In some Hawaiian stories, Hema and Punga are sons of Aikanaka and Hinahanaiakamalama (Tregear 1891:374).”
#31695 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Tangaroa's son, Punga, has two children, Ikatere, the ancestor of fish, and Tū-te-wehiwehi (or Tū-te-wanawana), the ancestor of reptiles.”
#31776 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“she leaves him after their sons Hemā and Punga are born and returns to heaven.”
#31854 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5