Hitchhiker's Guide to Religion
Maori tradition
MYTHIC

Hine-nui-te-pō

Goddess of Death, the First Woman, the Informed Choice

Death, the Underworld, Night, Transition, Maternal Protection of the Dead
LEGENDARY

Papatūānuku

Earth Mother, the Body Beneath Us

Earth, Fertility, Rivers, Forests, Earthquakes, Mourning
LEGENDARY

Ranginui

Sky Father, the Weeping Heaven

Sky, Rain, Mist, Weather, Grief, Fatherhood
MYTHIC

Tāne-mahuta

God of Forests, Separator of Worlds, Father of Humanity and Death

Forests, Birds, Light, Creation, Beauty, the Separation of Heaven and Earth
LEGENDARY

Tāwhirimātea

God of Storms, the Loyal Son Who Chose His Parents

Storms, Wind, Thunder, Lightning, Weather, Filial Loyalty
RARE

Te Wheke-a-Muturangi

The Giant Octopus That Led to Paradise

The Sea, Destruction, Navigation, the Discovery of Aotearoa
MYTHIC

The Whakapapa

Genealogy as Cosmology, Identity as Connection

Genealogy, Identity, Land, Sea, Ancestry, the Connection Between All Things
LEGENDARY

Tū-mata-uenga

God of War and Humanity, the War God's Children

War, Humanity, Courage, Anger, Hunting, Survival
LEGENDARY

Uenuku

The Rainbow God, the Eternal Search

Rainbows, War Omens, Lost Love, the Boundary Between Worlds
LEGENDARY

Whiro

Lord of Darkness, the Evil Below

Darkness, Evil, Disease, Death, the Underworld