ID: 901002576 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002576	Record Type: Character/Person

	Tāwhirimātea (Maori deity)

Note: Maori god of the weather, storms, thunder, lightning, wind, and clouds.

Names:

	Tāwhirimātea (Maori deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Tāwhiri (Maori deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Pacific Islander iconography> (P)
		........<Pacific Islander characters> (P)
		............Tāwhirimātea (Maori 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)

	culture/religion is .... Maori (culture or style)
	.....(New Zealand, Polynesian, Oceanic, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... weather
	.....(weather and related phenomena, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Tāwhirimātea (Maori deity)
	................Te Papa online (2000-) https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1671740
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Tāwhiri (Maori deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Te Papa online (2000-)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)