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Rongo

deity earth Māori corroborated · 11

Rongo is one of the twin sons of Vatea and Papa. Rongo's wife bears a daughter named Tavake.

↻ synthesized from 11 sources

When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020
Historical notes
Still worshipped.

Relationships

co occurs with
Io, Abassi, Atai, Libanza, Mebege, Nzame, Njambe, Ruwa, Agé, Ayaba, Da, Gleti, Lisa, Loko, Mawu, Nana Buluku, Salosteles, Xɛvioso, Zinsi, Zinsu, Abuk, Aiwel, Deng, Kejok, Nhialic, Baa-Wamnde, Bâgoumâwel, Bocoonde, Buytoorin, Celi, Dandi, Dumunna, Foroforondu, Ga, Gorko-mawɗo, Guéno, Haɓɓana-koel, Hammadi, Kaidara, Kiikala, Koumbasara, Koumen, Lewru, Naagara, Naange, Ndurbeele, Neɗɗo, Neɗɗo-mawɗo, Njeddo Dewal, Nounfayiri, Silé Sadio, Sitti, Tongo, Tooke, Tyanaba, Avatea, Vari-Ma-Te-Takere, Tavake, Te-po-tatango, Ranginui, Poharua Te Pō, Aorangi, Aoraki, Ikatere, Punga, Papatūānuku, Tinirau, Temoretu, Te Anu-matao, Te Whata-uira-a-Tangawa, Te Whatukura, Poutini, Te Pounamu, Māui, Vatea, Rangi, Tū-te-wehiwehi, Ao, Tiki, Tane-rore, Auahitūroa, Io Matua Kore, Te Uira, Tāwhaki, Makeatutara, Mataaho, Kiwa, Maru, Pūhaorangi, Rehua, Haere, Rongomai, Uenuku, Urutengangana, Whiro, Kahukura, Haumiatiketike, Rongomātāne, Tānemahuta, Aituā, Ngahue, Tamanuiterā, Tūtewehiwehi, Quetzalcoatl, Kamapua'a, Sakpatá, Gu, Papa, Tāne Mahuta, Lono, Gbǎdù
parent of
Akatauira, Mokoiro
sibling of
Haumia-tiketike, Tāwhirimātea, Tūmatauenga, Haumia, Tū, Tangaroa, Tāne, Rūaumoko
enemy of
Tāwhirimātea
child of
Vatea, Ranginui, Papatūānuku, Papa, Rangi

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Mentioned by

Sources

internet (1)
  1. Māori religion
wikipedia (10)
  1. List of African deities and mythological figures
  2. Avatea
  3. Haumia-tiketike
  4. Rangi and Papa
  5. Rongo
  6. Tāne
  7. Tangaroa
  8. Tāwhirimātea
  9. List of Māori deities
  10. Lono

Source passages

“Rongo was the personification of peaceful activities and agriculture and the ancestor of cultivated plants.”

#942 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6

“Rongo”

#2639 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Tangaroa and Rongo are their twin sons. Rongo's wife bears a daughter named Tavake.”

#19185 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Tāwhirimātea next attacks his brothers Rongo and Haumia-tiketike, the gods of cultivated and uncultivated foods. Rongo and Haumia are in great fear of Tāwhirimātea”

#31664 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“He contrasts with Rongo, the god of kūmara and all cultivated food plants.”

#31700 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001