Story: Tangaroa – the sea
Traditional Māori knowledge includes whakapapa (genealogies) of fish and other underwater species. This chart shows that Ranginui, the sky father, and Papatūānuku, the earth mother, were the parents of Tangaroa, the god of the sea. Tangaroa married Heketangawainui and they had Punga, the ancestor of the fish and octopuses.
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