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*[[Tūmatauenga|Tū-matau-enga]] - god of war and other human activities |
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*[[Rangi and Papa|Ranginui]] (Rangi) – primordial [[sky father]] |
*[[Rangi and Papa|Ranginui]] (Rangi) – primordial [[sky father]] |
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Hinemaia - god of gods |
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== Other gods == |
== Other gods == |
Revision as of 22:48, 5 March 2020
This is a list of Māori deities.
Major departmental gods
- Hana-Amaia - Goddess of Lust,Beauty
- Haumia-tiketike – god of uncultivated food such as fernroot
- Rongo-mā-tāne - god of cultivated food, such as kumara and peruperu
- Tāne-mahuta – god of forests and birds
- Tangaroa – god of the sea
- Tū-matau-enga - god of war and other human activities
- Ranginui (Rangi) – primordial sky father
Hinemaia - god of gods
Other gods
- Ārohirohi – goddess of mirages
- Auahitūroa – personification of comets, and the origin of fire
- Hinetītama - goddess of love and creation, coming into being
- Hine-nui-te-pō – goddess of night and death, and ruler of the underworld
- Ika-roa – the fish that gave birth to all the stars in the Milky Way
- Ikatere – fish god; father of all sea creatures
- Io Matua Kore - supreme being; personification of light and the world of the living and the forest
- Kiwa – divine guardian of the ocean
- Kui – chthonic demigod
- Mahuika – fire goddess
- Makeatutara – father of Māui and guardian of the underworld
- Maru – god of fresh water, southern god of war
- Māui – demigod and culture hero
- Papatūānuku (Papa) – primordial earth mother
- Pūhaorangi – celestial god
- Hairi – ancestor of sharks, lizard, rays and all things ugly
- Ranginui (Rangi) – primordial sky father
- Rehua – star god with the power of healing
- Rohe – goddess of the spirit world and wife of Māui
- Rongomai – the name of a number of separate beings
- Ruaumoko – god of volcanoes, earthquakes and seasons
- Tama-nui-te-rā – personification of the sun
- Tane-rore – personification of shimmering air
- Tangotango – celestial goddess
- Tāwhaki – supernatural being associated with thunder and lightning
- Te Uira – personification of lightning
- Tinirau – guardian of fish
- Tū-te-wehiwehi – father of all reptiles
- Uenuku – god of rainbows
- Urutengangana – god of the light
- Whaitiri – personification of thunder
- Whiro – lord of darkness and embodiment of evil