Tāne
Tāne is the god of the forest and ancestor of birds. The hākuturi are considered his children. He is a figure in Māori mythology.
↻ synthesized from 16 sources
When
- First attested
- 1898 CE
- Attested period
- 1891 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in Orbell 1998.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Io, Haku-tiri, Roro-tini, Pona-ua, Maru, Uenuku, Kahukura, Hine-ahu-one, Mahuika, Makara, Rotua, Fire Children, Rangi, Kaitangata, Poharua Te Pō, Aorangi, Aoraki, Punga, Tinirau, Haumia, Temoretu, Te Anu-matao, Te Whata-uira-a-Tangawa, Te Whatukura, Poutini, Te Pounamu, Tangaloa, Pou, Taŋaroa, Tana'oa, Taka'oa, Tangagoa, Papatūānuku, Ranginui, Ikatere, Tū-te-wehiwehi, Rongo, Tū, Rangahore, Whiro, Atanua, Tanaoa, Ono, Mutu-hei, ʻOro, Taʻaroa, Roʻo, Hina tu a uta, Tumu-Nui, Hinenuitepō, Tāne Mahuta, Kanaloa, Tagaloa
- parent of
- hākuturi, Hinetītama, Hinerauwhārangi, Hine-i-Tapeka, Hinenuitepō
- consort of
- Hinetītama, Hine-tītama
- sibling of
- Tūmatauenga, Tāwhirimātea, Māui, Rehua, Tangaroa, Rongo, Haumia-tiketike, Rongo-mā-Tāne, Tū, Haumia, Tahu, Hina, Ru, Whiro-te-tipua, Rūaumoko
- allied with
- Haumia-tiketike, Tangaroa, Rongo, Tū, Urutengangana, Fatu-tiri
- enemy of
- Tāwhirimātea, Tangaroa, Atea
- syncretized with
- Makemake
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Tāne was the personification of the forest and the origin of all birds.”
#941 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“The hākuturi seem to have been regarded as birds or birdlike: one source calls them the children of Tāne, god of the forest and ancestor of birds (Orbell 1998:23–24).”
#8386 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Her father is Tāne, the god of forests and land mammals. Her mother Hine-ahu-one is a human, made from earth. Hine-nui-te-pō is the second child of Tāne and Hine-ahu-one.”
#12579 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“her parents are given as Tāne or Makara and Rotua.”
#31311 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Later his brother Tāne went to pay him a visit, Rehua had birds in his hair, feeding on his lice. Rehua had his servants cook and prepare the birds as a meal for Tāne, who was shocked and declined to eat them because the birds had eaten the lice from Rehua's head, which was extremely tapu (sacred).”
#31642 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001