Tūmatauenga
deity earth Māori corroborated · 8
god of war and humans
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- Attested period
- 1891 – 2020
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Whiro-te-tipua, Tagaloa, Savea, Mafui'e, Maru, Uenuku, Kahukura, Tāne, Poharua Te Pō, Aorangi, Aoraki, Ikatere, Punga, Tū-te-wehiwehi, Rangi, Ruatapu, Kahutia-te-rangi, Rūaumoko, Rongo, Ao, Māui, Tiki, Papatūānuku, Ranginui, Tane-rore, Auahitūroa, Tinirau, Io Matua Kore, Te Uira, Tāwhaki, Makeatutara, Mataaho, Kiwa, Pūhaorangi, Rehua, Haere, Rongomai, Urutengangana, Whiro, Haumiatiketike, Rongomātāne, Tānemahuta, Aituā, Ngahue, Tamanuiterā, Tūtewehiwehi
- sibling of
- Rūaumoko, Tangaroa, Tāwhirimātea, Tāne, Rongo-mā-Tāne, Rongo, Haumia, Tāne Mahuta
- enemy of
- Rongo, Tāne, Tangaroa, Haumia-tiketike, Tāwhirimātea, Rongo-mā-Tāne
- child of
- Ranginui, Papatūānuku, Rangi, Papa
Mentioned by
Sources
internet (1)
Source passages
“Tūmatauenga – god of war and humans (also known as Tūkāriri);”
#257 · extracted by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
“Tāwhirimātea turns on his brother Tūmatauenga. He uses all his strength but Tūmatauenga stands fast...So Tūmatauenga eats all of his brothers to repay them for their cowardice”
#31666 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Tūmatauenga, god of war, hunting, cooking, fishing, and food cultivation.”
#31723 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“One brother, Tūmatauenga, the God of War and Humans, suggested that they slay their parents. However, his brother, Tāne, the God of Forests, suggested that they separate their parents forever.”
#31844 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to tradition, Uenuku was a descendant of Tūmatauenga and became angry when his wife, Takarita, committed adultery with two other men, so he killed all three of them.”
#31951 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001