List of Māori deities
The following is a list of Māori deities.
- Ao – personification of light and the world of the living
- Ārohirohi – goddess of mirages
- Auahitūroa – personification of comets, and the origin of fire
- Haumia-tiketike (Haumi) – god of wild or uncultivated food
- Hine-Nui-Te-Pō – goddess of night and death, and ruler of the underworld
- Ika-Roa – the fish that gave birth to all the stars in the Milky Way
- Ikatere – fish god; father of all sea creatures
- Kiwa – divine guardian of the ocean
- Kui – chthonic demigod
- Mahuika – fire goddess
- Makeatutara – father of Māui and guardian of the underworld
- Maru – fresh maori water
- Māui – demigod and culture hero
- Papatūānuku (Papa) – primordial earth mother
- Pūhaorangi – celestial god
- Punga – ancestor of sharks, lizard, rays and all things ugly
- Ranginui (Rangi) – primordial sky father
- Rehua – star god with the power of healing
- Rohe – goddess of the spirit world and wife of Māui
- Rongo Mā Tane – god of cultivated food
- Rongomai – the name of a number of separate beings
- Ruaumoko – god of volcanoes, earthquakes and seasons
- Tama-nui-te-rā – personification of the sun
- Tānemāhuta – god of forests and birds
- Tane-rore – personification of shimmering air
- Tangaroa – god of the sea
- Tangotango – celestial goddess
- Tāwhaki – supernatural being associated with thunder and lightning
- Tāwhirimātea – god of weather, thunder, lightning, rain, wind and storms
- Te Uira – personification of lightning
- Tinirau – guardian of fish
- Tūmatauenga – god of war
- Tū-te-wehiwehi – father of all reptiles
- Uenuku – god of rainbows
- Whaitiri – personification of thunder
- Whiro – lord of darkness and embodiment of evil
See also
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