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Tangaroa

Maori sea and water body god
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Tangaroa

Summary

Tangaroa is a water deity[1]. He draws 159 Wikipedia views per month (water_deity category, ranking #46 of 165).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tangaroa's father was Rangi[3].
  • Tangaroa's mother was Papa[4].
  • Tangaroa's image is recorded as Stone sculpture, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.jpg[5].
  • Tangaroa is recorded as male[6].
  • Tangaroa's instance of is recorded as water deity[7].
  • Tangaroa's Commons category is recorded as Tangaroa[8].
  • Tangaroa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nl_g[9].

Body

Origins and Family

Tangaroa's father was Rangi[3]. His mother was Papa[4].

Why It Matters

Tangaroa draws 159 Wikipedia views per month (water_deity category, ranking #46 of 165).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] He is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

FAQs

Who were Tangaroa's parents?

Tangaroa's father was Rangi[3]. Tangaroa's mother was Papa[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Tangaroa. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tangaroa
MLA “Tangaroa.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/tangaroa.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tangaroa_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Tangaroa}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tangaroa}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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