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  2. Rangi and Papa - Wikipedia

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    Tāne adorned Ranginui with stars. And so the children of Ranginui and Papatūanuku see light and have space to move for the first time. While the other children have agreed to the separation, Tāwhirimātea, the god of storms and winds, is angered that the parents have been torn apart. He cannot bear to hear the cries of his parents nor see ...

  3. Family tree of the Māori gods - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Rūaumoko - Wikipedia

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    Ranginui and Papatūānuku In Māori mythology , Rūaumoko (also known as Rūamoko ) is the god of earthquakes , volcanoes and seasons . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He is the youngest son of Ranginui (the Sky father) and Papatūānuku (the Earth mother) (commonly called Rangi and Papa ).

  5. List of Māori deities - Wikipedia

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    Ranginui, the primordial sky father. Rongomātāne, the god of cultivated foods, particularly sweet potato / Kumara. Tānemahuta, the god of forests and birds. Tangaroa, the god of the ocean and the creatures within. (Original Father in the Main Mythology) Tāwhirimātea, the god of storms and violent weather.

  6. Tāne - Wikipedia

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    In Māori mythology, Tāne (also called Tāne-mahuta, Tāne-nui-a-Rangi, Tāne-te-waiora and several other names) is the god of forests and of birds, and the son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku, the sky father and the earth mother, who used to lie in a tight embrace where their many children lived in the darkness between them (Grey 1956:2).

  7. Tāwhirimātea - Wikipedia

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    The clouds are children of Tāwhirimātea. In Māori mythology, Tāwhirimātea (or Tāwhiri) is the god of weather, including thunder and lightning, wind, clouds and storms.He is a son of Papatūānuku (earth mother) and Ranginui ().

  8. Urutengangana - Wikipedia

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    He is the firstborn of the children of the primordial parents, Ranginui the Sky father and Papatūānuku the Earth mother. [1] Also known as The Gleaming One, a personification of light, Urutengangana had two wives, Moeahuru and Hineturama, the first of whom gave birth to "the red sun" and "the waxing moon," while the later produced the stars.

  9. Tangaroa - Wikipedia

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    Tangaroa is son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku, Sky and Earth. After joining his brothers Rongo, Tū, Haumia, and Tāne in the forcible separation of their parents, he is attacked by his brother Tāwhirimātea, the atua of storms, and forced to hide in the sea. [a] Tangaroa is the father of many sea creatures.