Māori people and their Polynesian ancestors lived close to the sea and relied on it for food and other resources.
Māori believe that water is an energy, with many moods.
It can be calm and life-giving, or dangerous and destructive.
This energy is called Tangaroa – ‘god of the sea’.
Married to Fertility Goddess Fauema, Tangaroa is often depicted with only three fingers on each hand...
After he joins his brothers Rongo, Tūmatauenga, Haumia, and Tane in the forcible separation of their parents, he is attacked by his brother Tawhirimatea, the god of storms, and forced to hide in the sea.
When Hina-a-rauriki, wife of Turia- Faumea was abducted by the demon octopus, Rogo-tumu-here, he and Turi-a-Faumea fished the monster up from the depths of the ocean and killed him, rescuing Turi-a- Faumea's wife....
Tangaroa is the father of many sea creatures...
Tangaroa in New Zealand is essentially an ocean being; his realm is the ocean. Thence, he has not the importance that Tane, Tu, and Rongo possess, but he comes next after that trio...
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