Rongo

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Māori deity Polynesian deity agricultural deity fertility deity

Rongo is a major Polynesian deity commonly associated with cultivated food, especially sweet potatoes, as well as peace and agriculture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rongo canonical 4
Rongo-mā-Tāne 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Māori deity ⓘ
Polynesian deity ⓘ
agricultural deity ⓘ
fertility deity ⓘ
associatedWith agriculture ⓘ
cultivated food ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
peace ⓘ
sweet potatoes ⓘ
cosmologicalRole maintainer of order through food and peace ⓘ
culture Māori mythology ⓘ
Polynesian mythology ⓘ
gender male deity ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Rongo ⓘ
surface form: Rongo-mā-Tāne
hasDomain cultivation of kumara ⓘ
harvest rituals ⓘ
treaties and peacemaking ⓘ
hasRitualContext harvest ceremonies ⓘ
peace-making ceremonies ⓘ
planting ceremonies ⓘ
linkedConcept domestication of plants ⓘ
transition from war to peace ⓘ
mythologicalCategory atua of cultivated foods ⓘ
atua of peace ⓘ
offeringType first fruits of harvest ⓘ
sweet potatoes ⓘ
relativeImportance major deity ⓘ
role bringer of peace ⓘ
protector of crops ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence food security ⓘ
social harmony ⓘ
symbolicAssociation abundance of crops ⓘ
peaceful settlement of disputes ⓘ
prosperity ⓘ
veneratedBy chiefs ⓘ
farmers ⓘ
priests ⓘ
worshippedIn Cook Islands culture ⓘ
Mangaia ⓘ
Māori culture ⓘ
wider Eastern Polynesia ⓘ
worshipType household cult ⓘ
state cult (in some islands) ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Polynesian indigenous religions → hasDeity → Rongo ⓘ
Māori mythology → hasKeyFigure → Rongo ⓘ
Tāne → sibling → Rongo ⓘ
Tū → sibling → Rongo ⓘ
Rongo → hasAlternativeName → Rongo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rongo-mā-Tāne