Tū
Tū is a brother of Rongo, Tāne, Tangaroa, Haumia-tiketike and Tāwhirimātea. He agreed that the primordial parents Rangi and Papa needed to be separated to allow daylight into the world. Tāwhirimātea attacked his brothers afterwards.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- Attested period
- 1891 – 2020
Relationships
- manifests as
- Tū-kā-riri, Tū-ka-nguha, Tū-kai-tangata, Tū-kai-taua, Tū-mata-whāiti, Tū-mata-uenga, Tū-tawake, Tū-te-ngaehe, Tū-whakaheke-tangata, Tū-whakamoana-ariki
- enemy of
- Tāwhirimātea
- allied with
- Haumia-tiketike, Tangaroa, Tāne, Rongo
- co occurs with
- Temoretu, Te Anu-matao, Te Whata-uira-a-Tangawa, Te Whatukura, Poutini, Te Pounamu, ʻOro, Taʻaroa, Roʻo, Hina tu a uta, Tāne Mahuta, Tinirau, Punga, Ikatere, Tū-te-wehiwehi, Papa, Rangi
- sibling of
- Haumia, Haumia-tiketike, Tāwhirimātea, Tangaroa, Tāne, Rongo
- has aspect
- Tū-kā-riri, Tū-ka-nguha, Tū-kai-tangata, Tū-kai-taua, Tū-mata-whāiti, Tū-mata-uenga, Tū-tawake, Tū-te-ngaehe, Tū-whakaheke-tangata, Tū-whakamoana-ariki
- child of
- Ranginui, Papatūānuku, Papa, Rangi
Mentioned by
- Tāne Mahuta
- Tinirau
- Punga
- Ikatere
- Tū-te-wehiwehi
- Papa
- Rangi
- Tū-kā-riri
- Tū-ka-nguha
- Tū-kai-tangata
- Tū-kai-taua
- Tū-mata-whāiti
- Tū-mata-uenga
- Tū-tawake
- Tū-te-ngaehe
- Tū-whakaheke-tangata
and 5 more
Sources
Source passages
“Arawa canoe, Rongo, with his brothers Tū, Tāne, Tangaroa, and Haumia-tiketike, agreed that the primordial parents Rangi and Papa needed to be separated to allow daylight into the world. A sixth brother, Tāwhirimātea, the god of storms, did not consent to this”
#31746 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“After joining his brothers Rongo, Tū, Haumia, and Tāne in the forcible separation of their parents”
#31771 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The children of Rangi and Papa grew frustrated at their confinement in the cramped space between their parents. Tū, future god of war, proposes that they should kill their parents.”
#31827 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“After his victories over his brothers, Tū assumed many names; one name for each of the characteristics he displayed in his victories over his brothers, including: Tū-kā-riri (Tū the angry) Tū-ka-nguha (Tū the fierce fighter)”
#33606 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001