ID: 901002577 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002577	Record Type: Character/Person

	Tānemahuta (Maori deity)

Note: Maori deity of forests and birds; son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku.

Names:

	Tānemahuta (Maori deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Tane (Maori deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

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

Related Iconography:

	child of .... Ranginui
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Pacific Islander iconography, Pacific Islander characters, Ranginui (Maori deity)) [901002573]

	child of .... Papatūānuku
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Pacific Islander iconography, Pacific Islander characters, Papatūānuku (Maori deity)) [901002572]

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 .... forest lands (cultural landscapes)
	.....(wilderness, cultural landscapes by location or context, cultural landscapes, landscapes (environments), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Tānemahuta (Maori deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Te Papa online (2000-)
	Tane (Maori deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Te Papa online (2000-)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Source for image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Carving_of_Tane_nui_a_Rangi%2C_at_Auckland_Zoo.jpg/330px-Carving_of_Tane_nui_a_Rangi%2C_at_Auckland_Zoo.jpg