Urutengangana is the god of light in Māori mythology. He is the firstborn of the children of the primordial parents, Ranginui the Sky father and Papatūānuku the Earth mother.[1]

Urutengangana
Atua of stars
GenderMale
RegionNew Zealand
Ethnic groupMāori
Genealogy
ParentsRangi and Papa
SiblingsWhiro, Tāwhiri, Tangaroa, Kiwa, , Tāne
ConsortMoeahuru
Hineturama

Also known as The Gleaming One, a personification of light, Urutengangana had two wives, Moeahuru and Hineturama, the first of whom gave birth to "the red sun" and "the waxing moon," while the later produced the stars. In the struggle between the forces of Light and Darkness, Urutengangana at first sided with Whiro, but, in later times, sided with Tāne.[2]

See also

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Ao (mythology)

References

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  1. ^ "Uru-te-ngangana | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Victorian University of Wellington. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. ^ Elsdon, Best (1924). Title: THE MAORI in 2 Volumes. Vol. 1. Wellington New Zealand: Harry H.Tombs. p. 100.