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This is a list of
Māori deities, known in
Māori as
atua.
Major departmental deities
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Haumiatiketike, the god of uncultivated food, particularly
bracken fern.
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Papatūānuku, the primordial
earth mother.
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Ranginui, the primordial
sky father.
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Rongomātāne, the god of cultivated foods, particularly
sweet potato.
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Tānemahuta, the god of forests and birds.
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Tangaroa, the god of the ocean and the creatures within.
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Tāwhirimātea, the god of storms and violent weather.
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Tūmatauenga, the god of war, hunting, cooking, fishing, and food cultivation.
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Whiro, the lord of darkness and embodiment of all evil and death.
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Aituā, the god of death, happiness, and misfortune.
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Ao, a personification of light.
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Auahitūroa, the personification of comets, and the origin of the fire.
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Haere, several personifications of the rainbow.
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Ikatere, a fish god and father of all sea creatures.
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Io Matua Kore, the supreme being; personification of light and the world of the living and the forest.
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Kahukura, a war goddess who appears as the upper bow of a
double rainbow.
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Kiwa, one of several divine guardians of the ocean.
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Makeatutara, the father of Māui and guardian of the underworld.
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Maru, the god of freshwater, southern god of war.
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Mataaho, a god of earthquakes and volcanoes from the
Tāmaki Makaurau Region (Auckland).
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Māui, a demigod, culture hero, and
trickster.
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Motoro
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Ngahue or Kahue, the god or discoverer of
pounamu, the
taniwha Poutini is his guardian.
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Pūhaorangi, a celestial being who descended from the heavens to sleep with the beautiful maiden Te Kuraimonoa.
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Punga or Hairi, the ancestor of sharks, lizards, rays, and all deformed, ugly things.
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Rehua, the star god with the power of healing.
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Rongomai, the name of a number of separate beings.
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Rongo, the god of crops and peace
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Ruaumoko, the god of volcanoes, earthquakes, and seasons.
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Tamanuiterā, the personification of the sun.
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Tane-rore, the personification of shimmering air.
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Tāwhaki, a semi-supernatural being associated with thunder and lightning.
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Te Uira, the personification of lightning.
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Tiki, the first human, but sometimes is a child of Rangi and Papa, and creates the first human.
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Tinirau, a guardian of fish.
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Tūtewehiwehi, the father of all reptiles.
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Uenuku, a god of the rainbow, associated with war. Also a deified ancestor.
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Urutengangana, the goddess of the light.
Female atua
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Ārohirohi, the goddess of mirages and shimmering heat.
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Hinauri, sister, or uncommonly, wife of Māui, associated with the moon.
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Hinekapea, the goddess of loyalty.
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Hinehōaka, the goddess of sandstone, the taniwha Whatipū is her guardian.
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Hinenuitepō, the goddess of night and death, and ruler of the underworld.
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Hinepūkohurangi, the goddess of the mist
- Hineteiwaiwa, the goddess of childbirth, te whare pora and the arts
- Hinemoana, the goddess of the ocean
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Ikaroa, the long fish that gave birth to all the stars in the
Milky Way.
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Kohara
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Kui, the chthonic demigod.
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Mahuika, the goddess of fire.
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Moekahu, a lesser known goddess (or god) of
Tūhoe whose form was of a dog (
kurī), and a sibling of Haere.
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Rohe, the goddess of the spirit world.
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Tangotango, a celestial woman who fell in love with the great hero Tāwhaki and came to earth to become his wife.
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Tūāwhiorangi, the wife of Kahukura who manifests as the lower bow during a double rainbow.
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Whaitiri, the personification of thunder.
See also