Tāne

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Māori deity Polynesian deity deity

Tāne is a major Polynesian deity, especially in Māori tradition, revered as the god of forests, birds, and the creator or shaper of humankind.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tāne canonical 4
Tāne-mahuta 1
Tāne-nui-a-Rangi 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Māori deity ⓘ
Polynesian deity ⓘ
deity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tāne ⓘ
surface form: Tāne-mahuta

Tāne ⓘ
surface form: Tāne-nui-a-Rangi
associatedWith Ngāhere (forest) ⓘ
birds of the forest ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
knowledge ⓘ
the heavens ⓘ
trees as his children ⓘ
wood used for carving ⓘ
culture Māori ⓘ
Polynesian cultural sphere ⓘ
surface form: Polynesian
domain birds ⓘ
forests ⓘ
humankind ⓘ
light ⓘ
trees ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasSacredSite Waipoua Forest ⓘ
surface form: Waipoua Forest (as Tāne Mahuta giant kauri tree)
influenceOn Māori cosmology ⓘ
Māori environmental ethics ⓘ
mythologicalAct ascended to the highest heaven to obtain baskets of knowledge in some traditions ⓘ
created the first woman in some Māori traditions ⓘ
fashioned the first human from earth in some Māori traditions ⓘ
pushed apart sky father and earth mother to let in light ⓘ
separated Ranginui and Papatūānuku ⓘ
parent Papatūānuku ⓘ
Ranginui ⓘ
religion Māori mythology ⓘ
surface form: Māori religion

Polynesian traditional religion ⓘ
role ancestor of humans ⓘ
creator of humans ⓘ
culture hero ⓘ
separates sky and earth ⓘ
shaper of humankind ⓘ
sibling Haumia-tiketike ⓘ
Rongo ⓘ
Ruaumoko ⓘ
Tangaroa ⓘ
Tāwhirimātea ⓘ
Tūmatauenga ⓘ
symbol birds ⓘ
forest canopy ⓘ
trees ⓘ
worshippedBy Māori people of Aotearoa New Zealand ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polynesian indigenous religions → hasDeity → Tāne ⓘ
goddess of death Hine-nui-te-pō → spouse → Tāne ⓘ
subject surface form: Hine-nui-te-pō
goddess of death Hine-nui-te-pō → relatedDeity → Tāne ⓘ
subject surface form: Hine-nui-te-pō
Tāne → alsoKnownAs → Tāne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tāne-mahuta
Tāne → alsoKnownAs → Tāne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tāne-nui-a-Rangi
Tū → sibling → Tāne ⓘ