List of Māori deities
Appearance
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
- Hana-Amaia (Hine-Te-Rerehua) - goddess of beauty, perfection
- Te Ao Mauri (Mauri Nuku Mauri Rangi) - goddess of ugly, stupidity
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
Kupuora goddess of the jungle