Tāne-nui-a-Rangi

"Tāne great son of Rangi." The last son of Rangi-pōtiki to be born after he had been wounded by Tangaroa. He took a tree as his wife, and his offspring were trees, and not men.

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References

Sources

  • Shortland, Edward. (1882). Maori Religion and Mythology. London: Longmans Green, p. 19.
  • White, John. (1887). Ancient History of the Maori. 6 vols. Wellington: G. Didsbury, Government Printer, pp. 1:137, 158.