Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

302 Tama-No-YaTown in Macau, sited at the end of a narrowpeninsula, is dedicated to him.Tam Kung is strongly linked with the symbolismof dragons and the shrine contains a sacredwhale rib which is modeled into the shape of adragon boat. The god is normally depicted seatedand holding a bell, which may be interpreted as aninstrument of warning or as a means of callingattention to the voices of the ancestors.Tama-No-YaGod of jewelers. Shinto [Japan]. The deity whomade a complete string of curved jewels nearlythree meters long, one of the lures which enticedthe sun goddess AMATERASU from the cave whereshe hid herself.Tamats Palike Tamoyeke (our eldestbrother walking everywhere).God of wind and air. Huichol Indian (Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. The messenger of the gods, healso put the world into its present form and shape.TanaraSky spirit. Yakut [central Siberia]. The apotheosisof the sky.Tana’aoWeather and sea god. Polynesian [MarquesasIslands]. A local variation on the Polynesian godTANGAROA, known as a god of winds and a tutelarydeity of fishermen.Tane(mahuta)God of light. Polynesian (including Maori). Oneof the children of the prime parents RANGINUIand PAPATUANUKU. Also god of trees, forests andboat-builders, his consort is the goddess HINE-AHU-ONE and he is the father of HINE-ATA-UIRAwho descended to the underworld to become thegoddess of death, HINE-NUI-TE-PO. In othertraditions he is the consort of Hine-Nui-Te-Po,whom he joins each evening when he descends tothe underworld. It was he who proposed that hisparents should be pushed apart rather thanslaughtered. In Maori culture Tanemahuta, likeall deities, is represented only by inconspicuous,slightly worked stones or pieces of wood and notby the large totems, which are depictions ofancestors. Also KANE (Hawaiian).TangaroaSea and creator god. Polynesian (including Maori).The deity responsible for the oceans (moana) andthe fish (ika) within them. In Hawaiian beliefhe was the primordial being who took the formof a bird and laid an egg on the surface of theprimeval waters which, when it broke, formed theearth and sky. He then engendered the god of light,ATEA (cf. TANE). According to Tahitian legend, hefashioned the world inside a gigantic mussel shell.In a separate tradition Tangaroa went fishingand hauled the Tongan group of islands from thedepths of the ocean on a hook and line. He is theprogenitor of mankind (as distinct fromTUMATAUENGA who has authority over mankind).His son Pili married SINA, the tropic bird andthey produced five children from whom the restof the Polynesian race was born. In Maori cultureTangaroa, like all deities, is represented only byinconspicuous, slightly worked stones or pieces ofwood and not by the large totems which aredepictions of ancestors.TangoGod. Polynesian [Hervey Islamds] The thirdchild of the primordial mother VARI-MA-TE-