This is an example of a family tree of the Māori gods showing the most important gods in Māori mythology.

This family tree gives just an example - there are remarkable regional variations.

Māori Goddesses are displayed in italics

The primordial gods were Ranginui and Papatūānuku, Heaven and Earth.

Ranginui
Sky father		Papatūānuku
Earth mother
Tūmatauenga
God of war, hunting, fishing and agriculture		Tāwhirimātea
God of the Weather, and storms[1]		Hine-ahu-one
First woman		Tāne-mahuta
God of forests and birds		Tangaroa
God of the sea 		Rongo-mā-tāne
God of peace, and of cultivated plants		Haumia-tiketike
God of wild food plants		Urutengangana
God of the light 		Ruaumoko
God of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Seasons
Hine Tiitama
Later, Hine-nui-te-pō, Goddess of death		Hine-te-IwaiwaPunga
Ancestor of all strange creatures		Taro
Colocasia esculenia		Aka-pohueAka-TawhiwhiKaitangata
Husband of Whaitiri
Tangaroa-a-kiukiuTangaroa-a-rotoRonaIkatere
Ancestor of fish		Tū-te-wehiwehi
Ancestor of reptiles
Hine Raumati
Personification of Summer		Hine Takurua
Personification of Winter		Māui
Demigod
Tane Rore
Inventor of Kapa haka		Tama-nui-te-rā
Personification of the Sun

Te Anu-matao was the wife of Tangaroa.

Hine-titamauri was the wife of Punga.

Hine-te-Iwaiwa married Tangaroa and had Tangaroa-a-kiukiu, Tangaroa-a-roto, and Rona. Tangaroa-a-roto and Rona married Te Marama the moon. Hinetakurua married Tama-nui-te-ra, the Sun.[2]

Uru-Te-ngangana is believed to be the father of all light, and his children are stars, sun and moon.

The father and mother of creation/all gods are personifications of the stages of creation; Te Kore, Te Po, etc

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ayla Te Aira Blair-Smith
  2. ↑ Reed, A. W. (2008). The Raupō Book of Māori Mythology. Auckland: Penguin Group (NZ). p. 56. ISBN 9780143010289.


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