Tāwhirimātea
Videos
In Māori mythology, Tāwhirimātea is the god of weather, including thunder and lightning, wind, clouds and storms. He is a son of Papatūānuku and Ranginui. Tāwhirimātea is the seventh oldest of 70 chil
The clouds are children of Tāwhirimātea
Statue of Tāwhirimātea
Tūmatauenga
Videos
In Māori mythology, Tūmatauenga is the primary god of war and human activities such as hunting, food cultivation, fishing, and cooking.
Tāwhirimātea
…sea) and his progeny into the sea, pursued Rongo and Haumia-tiketike till they had to take refuge in the bosom of their mother Papa, and only found in Tūmatauenga a worthy opponent and eternal enemy. To fight his brothers, Tāwhirimātea gathered an army of his children, winds and clouds of different kinds – including…
Statue of Tūmatauenga at Eden Park, Auckland
A human face depicted in a house carving from Whakarewarewa, 2005. Tūmatauenga, god of war, is the ancestor of humankind.