ID: 901002575 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002575	Record Type: Character/Person

	Tangaroa (Pacific Islander deity)

Note: Maori god of bodies of water and the fish and other creatures that live within them. On the Cook Islands, principal god of the sea and of creation. A son of Rangi and Papa, the Sky and Earth.

Names:

	Tangaroa (Pacific Islander deity) (preferred,Maori-P,D)
	Tangaroa (Pacific Islander deity) (English-P,D)
	Takaroa (Pacific Islander deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Pacific Islander iconography> (P)
		........<Pacific Islander characters> (P)
		............Tangaroa (Pacific Islander deity) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... bodies of water (natural)
	.....(natural landscapes, landscapes (environments), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Pacific Islander
	.....(styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Tangaroa (Pacific Islander deity)
	................Te Papa online (2000-)
	Takaroa (Pacific Islander deity)
	................Te Papa online (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/272539
	................ Te Papa online (2000-)