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(Original Father in the Main Mythology) Tāwhirimātea, the god of storms and violent weather. Tūmatauenga, the god of war, hunting, cooking, fishing, and food cultivation. Whiro, the lord of darkness and embodiment of all evil and death. Aituā, the god of death, unhappiness, and misfortune. Ao, a personification of light.
Māori mythology and Māori traditions are two major categories into which the remote oral history of New Zealand's Māori may be divided. Māori myths concern tales of supernatural events relating to the origins of what was the observable world for the pre-European Māori, often involving gods and demigods.
Polynesian Mythology, George Grey, first edition (1854) Samuel K. Parker, Dialectics of Power in the Maori Creation Myth in Pacific Studies, Vol 10 n°3, July 1987; Tikao, T. T. (1939). Tikao talks: Traditions and tales told by Teone Taare Tikao to Herries Beattie (pp. 23–50). Wellington, New Zealand: A.H. and A.W. Reed
Moai, a monolithic human figure on Easter Island, sometimes erroneously called tiki; Tiki culture, a 20th-century decorative style used in Polynesian-themed restaurants; Taotao, similar carvings of ancestral and nature spirits in the Philippine islands; Totem pole, artworks similar in shape and purpose from Cascadian cultures; Chemamull ...
Djanggawul, three creator-siblings of northeast Arnhem Land mythology; Djunkgao, a group of sisters associated with floods and ocean currents; Eingana (Jawoyn people) rainbow snake whose body during the rainy season releases animals and plants that the community relies on for food; Galeru, rainbow snake in Arnhem Land mythology who swallowed ...
Mythology portal; Pages in category "Māori legendary creatures" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
This is an example of a family tree of the Māori gods showing the most important gods in Māori mythology. This family tree gives just an example - there are remarkable regional variations. Māori Goddesses are displayed in italics. The primordial gods were Ranginui and Papatūānuku, Heaven and Earth.
Maru is a Māori war god, especially well known in southern New Zealand, where he replaces Tūmatauenga (commonly shortened to Tū), the war god of the rest of New Zealand. . In the Hawaiian Islands he is an evil and restless god who has no time to grow his own food and nonetheless rewards his priests' servic