Tāwhirimātea
deity sky Māori corroborated · 18
god of wind and storms
↻ synthesized from 18 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Māori oral tradition.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Whiro-te-tipua, Tagaloa, Savea, Mafui'e, Io, Rongo-mā-Tāne, Whaitiri, Te Kanapu, Te Uira, Ao, Te Ata, Te Ao Mārama, Punga, Poharua Te Pō, Aorangi, Aoraki, Raka, Raka-maomao, Ra‘a, La'a Maomao, Fa'atiu, Papatūānuku, Ranginui, Tinirau, Temoretu, Te Anu-matao, Te Whata-uira-a-Tangawa, Te Whatukura, Poutini, Te Pounamu, Tūmatauenga, Rangi, Haumia, Tū-te-wehiwehi, Tangaroa, Tāne, Haumia-tiketike, Tū, Rūaumoko, Rongo, Tiki, Tane-rore, Auahitūroa, Io Matua Kore, Tāwhaki, Ikatere, Makeatutara, Mataaho, Kiwa, Maru, Pūhaorangi, Rehua, Haere, Rongomai, Uenuku, Urutengangana, Whiro, Kahukura, Haumiatiketike, Rongomātāne, Tānemahuta, Aituā, Ngahue, Tamanuiterā, Tūtewehiwehi, Taranga, Mahuika, Māui, Atua, Papa
- enemy of
- Tūmatauenga, Ikatere, Tū-te-wehiwehi, Rongo-mā-Tāne, Haumia, Rongo, Haumia-tiketike, Tū, Tangaroa, Tāne
- sibling of
- Tāne, Haumia-tiketike, Rūaumoko, Rongo-mā-Tāne, Tū, Tangaroa, Tūmatauenga, Haumia, Rongo, Tāne Mahuta
- parent of
- Aopakarea, Aotakawe, Aonui, Aoroa, Aopouri, Aopotango, Aowhetuma, Aowhekere, Aokahiwahiwa, Aokanapanapa, Aopakakina
- allied with
- Rangi, Māui, Whaitiri-mātakataka
- child of
- Rangi, Ranginui, Papatūānuku, Papa
Mentioned by
Sources
internet (2)
Source passages
“Tāwhirimātea – god of wind and storms;”
#253 · extracted by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
“Tāwhirimātea was the personification of wind or the storms and weather.”
#943 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Another more primary atua of thunder, a male, is Tāwhirimātea.”
#31399 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the atua who were the storm clouds, the children, of Tāwhirimātea, which were sent to punish his brothers after the separation of his parents, Rangi and Papa.”
#31576 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“When Tāwhirimātea (god of storms) made war against his brothers for the separation of Rangi and Papa (sky and earth), Ikatere and Tū-te-wehiwehi were among those who had to flee from his wrath.”
#31587 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat