Makea-tutara’s Family Tree

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Family

• Taranga(spouse),Hinauri(child),Maui(child),Māui-pae(child),Māui-roto(child),Māui-taha(child),Māui-waho(child)— Marriage · Miraculous

  Taranga and Makea-tutara are the parents of Maui-tikitiki-a-Taranga and his four elder brothers — Māui-taha, Māui-roto, Māui-pae, and Māui-waho — as well as their sister Hinauri in Maori tradition. Taranga cast the premature Maui into the sea wrapped in her topknot, where ocean spirits nursed him back to life.

• Murirangawhenua(parent)

  Murirangawhenua is the mother of Makea-tutara and grandmother of Maui in Maori tradition. Her enchanted jawbone was passed down and became Maui's magical fishhook.

Associated with

• Maui,Taranga

  Maui tracked his mother Taranga to the entrance of the underworld and descended to find his father Makea-tutara, who revealed Maui's divine ancestry and taught him sacred incantations.

• Maui

  Makea-tutara taught Maui the sacred karakia needed for his final quest, preparing his son with incantations to conquer death by entering the body of Hine-nui-te-pō.