Ranginui - Primordial sky father. - Maori God

Ranginui - Primordial sky father.

Ranginui (Rangi, Raki, Rakinui) is the primordial sky father who, with his wife Papatuanuku the earth mother, lie locked together in a tight embrace while their children are forced to live in the cramped darkness between them. Eventually they are forced apart by Tane, however Tawhirimatea, the god of storms and winds, is angered that his parents have been torn apart. He flies off to join Ranginui to fight is brothers.

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Area of Influence:
Creation, Sky

Pantheon: Maori

Abode: Sky

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Consort: Papatuanuku

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Element: Air

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Maori - Gods and Goddesses

Name	Title	Type
Ao	God of light and the world of the living.	God
Auahituroa	God of comets, and the origin of fire.	God
Haumia-tiketike	God of wild or uncultivated food	God
Hine-nui-te-po	Goddess of night and death.	Goddess
Mahuika	Fire goddess.	Goddess
Makeatutara	Guardian of the underworld	God
Maru	God of war.	God
Papatuanuku	Primordial earth mother	Goddess
Puhaorangi	Celestial God.	God
Punga	God of sharks, lizard, rays and all things ugly.	God
Ranginui	Primordial sky father.	God
Rehua	Star God.	God
Rohe	Goddess of the spirit world.	Goddess
Rongo	God of cultivated food.	God
Ruaumoko	God of volcanoes.	God
Tama-nui-te-ra	God of the Sun	God
Tangaroa	God of the Sea	God
Tawhirimatea	God of weather, thunder, lightning, rain, wind and storms	God
Tumatauenga	God of war.	God
Tu-te-wehiwehi	Father of all reptiles.	God
Uenuku	God of rainbows	God
Whiro	Lord of darkness and embodiment of evil	God

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