List of Māori deities

This is a list of Māori deities.

Major departmental gods

• 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
• Te Hohota (Corey K) – God of all handsomeness, knowledge and humility God

Other gods

• Ārohirohi – goddess of mirages
• Auahitūroa – personification of comets, and the origin of fire
• Hine-nui-te-pō - 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
• Pūhaorangi – celestial god
• Hairi – ancestor of sharks, lizard, rays and all things ugly
• 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 happiness and embodiment

See also

• Māori mythology
• Family tree of the Māori gods