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Punga is a son of Tangaroa, the god of the sea, and when Tāwhirimātea (god of storms) made war against his brothers after they separated Rangi and Papa (sky and earth), the two sons of Punga, Ikatere and Tū-te-wehiwehi, had to flee for their lives.
Papa and Rangi held each other in a tight embrace. In Māori mythology the primal couple Rangi and Papa (or Ranginui and Papatūānuku) appear in a creation myth explaining the origin of the world and the Māori people [1] (though there are many different versions). In some South Island dialects, Rangi is called Raki or Rakinui. [2]
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.
Punga or Hairi, the ancestor of sharks, lizards, rays, and all deformed, ugly things. Rehua, the star god with the power of healing. Rongomai, the name of a number of separate beings. Rongo, the god of crops and peace; Ruaumoko, the god of volcanoes, earthquakes, and seasons. Tamanuiterā, the personification of the sun.
Generally, Rangi's wife is Papa, though they are known throughout Polynesia, even when they're not considered spouses. [12]: 892 The pair laid in a tight embrace which blocked light from touching the world. [9] From them came the children Haumia, Rongo, Tāwhiri, Tangaroa, Tū, and Tāne.
Originally, there was Rangi and Papa, the heavens and the earth, and they were tightly pressed together with their children in between them without light or space. Tūmatauenga , the god of war, suggested killing Rangi and Papa so that he and his brothers might have space, but Tānemahuta , the god of forests and birds and insects, suggested ...
Tangaroa is the father of many sea creatures. Tangaroa's son, Punga, has two children, Ikatere, the ancestor of fish, and Tū-te-wehiwehi (or Tū-te-wanawana), the ancestor of reptiles. Terrified by Tāwhirimātea's onslaught, the fish seek shelter in the sea, and the reptiles in the forests.
He is a son of Punga and brother of Ikatere. [1] [2] Punga's father was Tangaroa, atua of the sea.When Tāwhirimātea made war against his brothers for separating Rangi and Papa, Ikatere and Tū-te-wehiwehi had to flee, and Ikatere fled to the sea and became an ancestor of fishes, while Tū-te-wehiwehi took refuge in the forest and fathered lizards.