Ranga-maomaō

A god of the winds, the son of Te Pu-nui-o-tonga, and father of Āwhiowhio. In some areas he is the father of the winds and storms and of months of the year. The south wind is called Te Pōtiki-a-Rangamaomao, the child of Rangamaomao. He is also mentioned as a god of the south.1

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References

Notes

  1. Tregear, Edward. (1891). Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary. Wellington: Government Printer, p. 387.

Sources

  • Best, Eldson. (1899). "Notes on Maori Mythology." Journal of the Polynesian Society 8:93-121, p. 95.
  • Best, Elsdon. (1924). The Maori. Wellington: Harry H. Tombs, pp. 152-153.
  • Shand, Alexander. (1894). "The Moriori People of the Chatham Islands." PSJ 3 (2):76-92, 121-133, p. 122.
  • Williamson, Robert W. (1933). Religious and Cosmic Beliefs in Central Polynesia. 2 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 1:13.