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RANGI
GENDER:
Masculine
USAGE:
Pacific/Polynesian Mythology
Meaning & History
Means "sky" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian
mythology
Rangi was a god of the sky, husband of the earth goddess
Papa
. They were locked in a crushing embrace but were eventually separated by their children, the other gods.
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