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Tangaroa

Tangaroa (Māori; Takaroa in the South Island dialect; cognate with Tagaloa in Sāmoan) is the great atua of the sea, lakes, rivers, and creatures that live within them, especially fish, in Māori mythology. As Tangaroa-whakamau-tai, he exercises control over the tides. He is sometimes depicted as a whale.

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Māori traditions

RakinuiSkyEarthRongoTū
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Elsewhere

SamoaTongaCreator deityRapa NuiHotu-iti
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Cook Islands

RarotongaWood carvingsMangaiaTaroYellow hair
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Moriori

MorioriChatham Islands
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Consorts
Te Anu-matao Kāi Tahu: Papatūānuku
Ethnic group
Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Moriori
Gender
Male
Offspring
Punga, Tinirau, and 9 daughters
Other names
Tangaroa-whakamau-tai, Takaroa
Parents
Ranginui and Papatūānuku Kāi Tahu: Temoretu

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Tangaroa

Nodes77
Edges76
Triples81
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025974
Components1

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Tangaroa

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related to Māori traditions · 19
Tangaroa → After, Earth, Ever, Haumia, Ikatere, Papatūānuku, Punga, Ranginui, Rongo, Sky, Tangaroa's, Terrified, Tāne, Tāne Mahuta, Tāwhirimātea, Tāwhirimātea's, Tū, Tū-te-wanawana, Tū-te-wehiwehi
related to Melanesia · 16
Tangaroa → Ambae, Apma, Apma Takaa, Banks Islands, Christianity, God, In, Melanesian, Mota, Pentecost, Raga, Ske Tegar, Tagaro, Takaro, There, Vanuatu
related to Cook Islands · 14
Tangaroa → Advised, Carved, Europeans, He, In Mangaia, In Manihiki, In Rarotonga, Mangaians, Māui, Papa, Rongo, Tangaroa's, Vatea, When
see also · 9
Tangaroa → Hawaiian, Kanaloa, Myths, New Zealand, Rotuman, Samoan, Siria, Tahitian, Zealand
is a · 4
Tangaroa → child of Vatea, father of many sea creatures, fish atua alongside Pou, origin of fire
related to Moriori · 4
Tangaroa → Chatham Islands, In, Moriori, Pou
related to External links · 3
Tangaroa → New Zealand, Te Ara, The Encyclopedia
Consorts · 1
Tangaroa → Te Anu-matao Kāi Tahu: Papatūānuku
Ethnic group · 1
Tangaroa → Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Moriori
Gender · 1
Tangaroa → Male

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Important terminology

fish sea islands māori atua tāne god māui cognate fire papatūānuku takaroa vanuatu cook mythology tagaloa moriori parents mahuta te

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TangaroaConsortsTe Anu-matao Kāi Tahu: Papatūānuku1.00infobox
TangaroaEthnic groupMāori, Cook Islands Māori, Moriori1.00infobox
TangaroaGenderMale1.00infobox
TangaroaOffspringPunga, Tinirau, and 9 daughters1.00infobox
TangaroaOther namesTangaroa-whakamau-tai, Takaroa1.00infobox
TangaroaParentsRanginui and Papatūānuku Kāi Tahu: Temoretu1.00infobox
TangaroaRegionPolynesia1.00infobox
TangaroaSiblingsHaumia-tiketike, Whiro, Rongo-mā-Tāne, Tāne Mahuta, Tāwhirimātea, Tūmatauenga, Rūaumoko1.00infobox
Tangaroais afather of many sea creatures0.90text
Tangaroais achild of Vatea0.90text
Tangaroais aorigin of fire0.90text
Tangaroais afish atua alongside Pou0.90text

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