Tangotango
deity sky Māori mythology single tradition · 3
In Māori mythology, Tangotango (sometimes called Hāpai) was a celestial woman who fell in love with the great hero Tāwhaki and came to earth to become his wife. After bearing him a daughter, Arahuta, they quarreled and she returned to heaven.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Arahuta, Wahieroa, Hāpai, Hinepūkohurangi, Kahukura, Tūāwhiorangi, Hinekapea, Hinehōaka, Whatipū, Hinenuitepō, Moekahu, Hine-te-Iwaiwa, Hemā, Whaitiri, Karihi, Punga, Tama-i-waho, Mahuika, Kui, Māui, Rohe, Ārohirohi, Hinauri, Ikaroa, Hinemoana, Haere
- parent of
- Arahuta
- consort of
- Tāwhaki
- syncretized with
- Maikuku-makaka
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“In Māori mythology, Tangotango (sometimes called Hāpai) was a celestial woman who fell in love with the great hero Tāwhaki and came to earth to become his wife. After bearing him a daughter, Arahuta, they quarreled and she returned to heaven.”
#31819 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“marries a woman named Hāpai, or as others say, Tangotango or Maikuku-makaka. They have a son”
#31873 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Tangotango, a celestial woman who fell in love with the great hero Tāwhaki and came to earth to become his wife.”
#32299 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001