Tangaroa
deity water Māori corroborated · 20
god of the sea
↻ synthesized from 20 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in Grey 1971.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Whiro-te-tipua, Tagaloa, Savea, Mafui'e, Io, Uenuku, Kahukura, Tāne, Avatea, Vari-Ma-Te-Takere, Tavake, Te-po-tatango, Marama, Urutengangana, Hina-Arau-Riki, Punga, Poharua Te Pō, Aorangi, Aoraki, Mokoiro, Akatauira, Tūmatauenga, Mahuika, Papatūānuku, Ranginui, Temoretu, Vatea, Taŋaroa, Taʼaroa, Tana'oa, Taka'oa, Tangagoa, Rongo, Rangi, Tū, Rūaumoko, Tagroa Siria, Tama-nui-te-rā, Hinetakurua, Hine-titamauri, Te Marama, Te Kore, Te Po, Ao, Tiki, Tane-rore, Auahitūroa, Tinirau, Io Matua Kore, Te Uira, Tāwhaki, Ikatere, Makeatutara, Mataaho, Kiwa, Maru, Pūhaorangi, Rehua, Haere, Rongomai, Urutengangana, Whiro, Haumiatiketike, Rongomātāne, Tānemahuta, Aituā, Ngahue, Tamanuiterā, Tūtewehiwehi, Māui, Ta'aroa, Hikuleʻo, Tanaʻoa, Takaʻoa, Te Wheke-a-Muturangi, Tangaloa, Taʻaroa, Atua, Haumea, Kanaloa
- sibling of
- Tāwhirimātea, Tāne, Rongo, Tūmatauenga, Rongo-mā-Tāne, Haumia, Haumia-tiketike, Tū
- parent of
- Hina, Tu-Nui-Ka-Rere, Rata-Nui, Turi-A-Faumea, Punga, Te Whata-uira-a-Tangawa, Te Whatukura, Poutini, Te Pounamu, Tinirau, Ikatere, Tū-te-wehiwehi, Tangaroa-a-kiukiu, Tangaroa-a-roto, Rona
- consort of
- Faumea, Te Anu-matao, Hine-te-Iwaiwa
- allied with
- Rongo, Haumia-tiketike, Tū, Tāne, Pou
- enemy of
- Tāwhirimātea, Tāne, Rogo-Tumu-Here, Tāne Mahuta
- manifests as
- whale
- aspect of
- Tangaloa
- child of
- Rangi, Papa, Vatea, Ranginui, Papatūānuku
- student of
- Faumea
Mentioned by
Sources
internet (2)
Source passages
“Tangaroa – god of the sea;”
#256 · extracted by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
“Tangaroa was the personification of the ocean and the ancestor or origin of all fish.”
#940 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“Tangaroa and Rongo are their twin sons.”
#19184 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“To the Maori people, Marama is the moon, a male deity who married Hina, the daughter of Tangaroa. However, the moon is also considered to be the husband of all women due to the effect of the moon on women every month.”
#19391 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The sea god Tangaroa encounters her when he sails to her island. Faumea teaches Tangaroa how to lure the eels out and they have sex. Faumea bears Tangaroa two sons”
#31414 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5