Uenuku
Uenuku is a lesser reptile atua and offspring of Tu-te-wanwana. His mother was Mairangi, who was the daughter of Kauika, son of Wareware, son of Murirangawhenua and Mahuika. This Uenuku should not be confused with Uenuku, a more prominent atua.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kahukura, Te Maunga, Kahutia-te-rangi, Hinewai, Hine-korako, Uenuku-wharekuta, Urutengangana, Whiro, Haumiatiketike, Rongomātāne, Tānemahuta, Aituā, Ngahue, Tamanuiterā, Tūtewehiwehi, Tangaroa, Tūmatauenga, Maru, Papa, Haumia-tiketike, Rongo-mā-Tāne, Tāne, Rangi, Ikatere, Ranginui, Tāwhirimātea, Rūaumoko, Rongo, Ao, Māui, Tiki, Papatūānuku, Tane-rore, Auahitūroa, Tinirau, Io Matua Kore, Te Uira, Tāwhaki, Punga, Makeatutara, Mataaho, Kiwa, Pūhaorangi, Rehua, Haere, Rongomai
- consort of
- Hinepūkohurangi, Iwipupu
- parent of
- Hawepotiki, Ruatapu, Uenuku-titi, Uenuku-rangi
- child of
- Tū-te-wehiwehi, Tu-te-wanwana, Tūmatauenga
- enemy of
- Potikiroroa, Pōtaka Tawhiti, Tamatekapua, Whakatūria, Houmai
- allied with
- Toi-te-huatahi
- manifested by
- Te Uenuku
Mentioned by
- Tangaroa
- Tūmatauenga
- Maru
- Papa
- Haumia-tiketike
- Rongo-mā-Tāne
- Tāne
- Rangi
- Ikatere
- Ranginui
- Tāwhirimātea
- Rūaumoko
- Rongo
- Ao
- Māui
- Tiki
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Sources
Source passages
“One of Tu-te-wanwana's offspring was Uenuku, a lesser reptile atua. His mother was Mairangi, who was the daughter of Kauika, son of Wareware, son of Murirangawhenua and Mahuika. This Uenuku should not be confused with Uenuku, a more prominent atua.”
#31841 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to local legend, the spirit of Uenuku was brought from Hawaiki to the North Island in a stone by the people of the Tainui. When they landed, they made the large carving known as either Uenuku or Te Uenuku out of tōtara with a round opening at the top, in which the stone was placed so that the spirit of Uenuku inhabited the carving.”
#31971 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Uenuku, a god of the rainbow, associated with war. Also a deified ancestor.”
#32281 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“While Tūmatauenga is the origin of war, powerful local deities such as Kahukura, Maru, or Uenuku were also called upon during times of war.”
#33627 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001