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He later married Papatūānuku together becoming the primordial sky father and earth mother bearing over 500 children of male and female including Tāwhirimātea, Tāne and Tangaroa. Both Ranginui and Papatūānuku lie locked together in a tight embrace, and their sons forced to live in the cramped darkness between them. [3] [4] [5]
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 ).
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 ...
Papatūānuku, the primordial earth mother. 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 ...
Mat Tait (born 1970) is a New Zealand author, illustrator, artist and cartoonist. [1] [2] His book Te Wehenga: The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year at the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
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).
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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.