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View Name: Tane


TANE
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Maori, Pacific/Polynesian Mythology
Meaning & History
Means "man" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian mythology Tane was the god of forests and light. He created the tui bird and, by some accounts, man.
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