Tiki

Also known as: our Father / the Father of man · Role: the first man, the father of mankind · First appears: Chapter I · Tiki--The Ancestor of Mankind

In Chapter I · Tiki--The Ancestor of Mankind, after the light shone over Papa-tu-a-nuku, Tiki became the first man. He came to the river at Hawaiki asking how he could become the father of mankind, then journeyed through the ten heavens and found the sacred incantations and Karakias. With their help, he gave life to Marikoriko, the first woman, who became his wife.

Many children were born to Tiki and Marikoriko, including their daughter Hine-kau-ata-ata and their sons the Power of Speech and the Power of Growth. Their descendants included Te-a-io-whaka-tangata, whose children were the Maori children of the world. Chapter II · The Creation of Hawaiki also tells of Tiki as the next son of Rangi and Papa, who created Marikoriko and became the father of man.

Relationship record

Life events

• Tiki became the first man after the light shone over Papa-tu-a-nuku.(Chapter I · Tiki--The Ancestor of Mankind · 📍 Papa-tu-a-nuku)
  • With: Papa-tu-a-nuku
  • “then, my listener, the light shone over Papa-tu-a-nuku, the mother of Tiki, and he was the first man.”
• Tiki asked how he could become the father of mankind.(Chapter I · Tiki--The Ancestor of Mankind · 📍 Hawaiki)
  • “At last he came to the river at Hawaiki known by the name of Wai-matu-hirangi, and from the depth of his desire he cried aloud: ‘Oh, daughter of Hawaiki, child of the murmuring water, tell me how I may become the father of mankind. Tell me where may I obtain the power and from whom?’”
• Tiki found the sacred incantations and Karakias in the uppermost heaven and returned with them.(Chapter I · Tiki--The Ancestor of Mankind · 📍 Hawaiki)
  • “First he journeyed to the gods of Te Po, the Lower World, and then he made his toilsome way through the ten heavens, searching for the sacred incantations and the Karakias, the object of his mighty quest, and at last, high, high in the uppermost heaven, he found them--ah, my listener!”
• Tiki gave life to Marikoriko, the first woman, by chanting the sacred incantation.(Chapter I · Tiki--The Ancestor of Mankind · 📍 Hawaiki)
  • With: Marikoriko
  • “And so, with the help of the Shimmering Heat and the Echo, the power of multiplying, he gave life to the first woman. Marikoriko, or Twilight, was the first woman!”
• Marikoriko became Tiki’s first wife.(Chapter I · Tiki--The Ancestor of Mankind)
  • With: Marikoriko
  • “she takes her descent from the Shimmering Heat and from the Echo, and she became the first wife of Tiki, our father.”
• Many children were born to Tiki and Marikoriko.(Chapter I · Tiki--The Ancestor of Mankind)
  • With: Marikoriko
  • “Many children were born to Tiki and Marikoriko his wife.”
• Hine-kau-ata-ata was born as the daughter of Tiki and Marikoriko.(Chapter I · Tiki--The Ancestor of Mankind)
  • With: Marikoriko Hine-kau-ata-ata
  • “Their daughter was Hine-kau-ata-ata, the Floating Shadow.”
• Tiki created Marikoriko as his wife.(Chapter II · The Creation of Hawaiki)
  • With: Marikoriko
  • “The next son of Rangi and Papa--ha, listen my wanderer--was Tiki, our Father, who created Marikoriko, his wife, and became the father of man!”

Chapter I · Tiki--The Ancestor of Mankind

• younger kin: Hupene “Hupene, the old Tohunga, squats muttering on the floor beside his carved ancestor Tiki.”
• parent: Papa-tu-a-nuku “When Rangi-nui, the great Heaven, and Papa-tu-a-nuku, the far-stretching earth, were separated from each other, then, my listener, the light shone over Papa-tu-a-nuku, the mother of Tiki, and he was the first man.”
• parent: Rangi “‘Ha, Tiki, son of Heaven and Earth, go and search for the incantations and the powerful Karakias to the gods who have the desires of man in their keeping, and when you have obtained them return to me here, for it is here that the child of man shall be born: out of the murmuring waters at Hawaiki.”
• married with Marikoriko “Marikoriko, my listener, was not a child of the gods; she was created out of the sands of the shore and the sacred Red; she takes her descent from the Shimmering Heat and from the Echo, and she became the first wife of Tiki, our father.”
• child: Hine-kau-ata-ata “Many children were born to Tiki and Marikoriko his wife. Their daughter was Hine-kau-ata-ata, the Floating Shadow.”
• child: the Power of Speech “Among the many children of Tiki and Marikoriko were the sons the Power of Speech and the Power of Growth, who took their sisters to wife, and Te-a-io-whaka-tangata, ‘He who became man’, was born, and he was the father of many children--the Maori children of the world.”
• child: the Power of Growth “Among the many children of Tiki and Marikoriko were the sons the Power of Speech and the Power of Growth, who took their sisters to wife, and Te-a-io-whaka-tangata, ‘He who became man’, was born, and he was the father of many children--the Maori children of the world.”

Chapter II · The Creation of Hawaiki

• parent: Rangi “The next son of Rangi and Papa--ha, listen my wanderer--was Tiki, our Father”
• parent: Papa-tu-a-nuku “The next son of Rangi and Papa--ha, listen my wanderer--was Tiki, our Father”
• married with Marikoriko “Tiki, our Father, who created Marikoriko, his wife”

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Extracted from the original text of Te Tohunga. Made with Rho MD.