Rangi (also called Ranganui)
The Maori name for Sky Father is Ranginui. In Maori mythology, Ranginui represents the sky or the sky father, while Papatuanuku represents the earth or the earth mother. They were separated by their children, creating the space in which life could thrive.
The Māori word for heaven is "Te Rangi" or "Te Rangimarie," which can also refer to the sky or a place of peace and tranquility.
The literal translation of the god Zeus is "sky" or "bright." The name is derived from the Greek word "dios," meaning "god" or "deity," combined with the word "zeu," meaning "sky" or "shine."
Apollo was know as god of many things, but not the sky. He was however the god of light, and therefore of the sun too. Apollo was also the god of music, prophecy, colonization, medicine, archery, poetry, dance, intellectual inquiry, the carer of herds and flocks, and of plague. Zeus was known as the weather god and thus god of the sky.
Uranus is the ancient Greek god of the sky and heavens, as well as the father of the Titans. He is also known as the personification of the sky itself.
Sky in Te Reo Maori is Rangi.
The Maori God of the sea is Tangaroa.
Maori Lord of Darkness and the God of all evil.
The Maori name for Sky Father is Ranginui. In Maori mythology, Ranginui represents the sky or the sky father, while Papatuanuku represents the earth or the earth mother. They were separated by their children, creating the space in which life could thrive.
The Maori god of the forest: Tanemahuta or Tane Mahuta.
The Maori name Matiu means "Gift from God"
Rangi (the Sky Father) and Papatuanuku (Earth Mother) were the parents of the eight major Maori Gods; Tumatauenga -- God of War Tawhirimatea -- God of Weather Tane-Mahuta-- God of the Forests Tangaroa -- Sea God Rongo -- God of Peace / Cultivated plants Haumia-Tiketike -- God of wild plants Rehua -- Antares (Star) Raumoko -- God of Earthquakes.
I believe god means 'Ra' ==2== Atua is the Maori word for God. Ra is the Sun God.
Ranginui.
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Atua means 'God'.
Ra is the Sun God in Maori mythology.