Tama-nui-ki-te-Rangi

Also known as: Great Son of Heaven / Tama-nui-ki-te Rangi · Role: foster father · First appears: Chapter VIII · Maui--The Creation of New Zealand · Part 2

Life events

• Tama-nui-ki-te Rangi became Maui’s father and raised him to manhood.(Chapter VIII · Maui--The Creation of New Zealand · Part 2)
  • With: Maui
  • “Tama-nui-ki-te Rangi became his father, and he lived with him till he grew into manhood.”
• Tama-nui-ki-te-Rangi lifts Maui from the ocean and rears him into manhood.(Chapter IX · Mahuika)
  • With: Maui
  • “Tama-nui-ki-te-Rangi, Great Son of Heaven, lifts him as a child, Maui-potiki, out of the ocean upon which he is swimming, and rears him into manhood.”

Chapter VIII · Maui--The Creation of New Zealand · Part 2

• foster-child: Maui “Tama-nui-ki-te Rangi became his father, and he lived with him till he grew into manhood.”

Chapter IX · Mahuika

• foster-child: Maui “Tama-nui-ki-te-Rangi, Great Son of Heaven, lifts him as a child, Maui-potiki, out of the ocean upon which he is swimming, and rears him into manhood.”

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