Tahiti and Society Islands gods

In Māori mythology, Tāne (also called Tāne-mahuta, Tāne-nui-a-Rangi, Tāne-te-waiora and several other names) is the god of forests and of birds, and the son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku, the sky father and the earth mother, who used to lie in a tight embrace where their many children lived in the darkness between them (Grey 1956:2).

thumb|right|200px|A sacred god figure wrapping for the war god Oro, made of woven dried coconut fibre (sennit), which would have protected a Polynesian god effigy (too), made of wood. The mana of the god was symbolised by feathers, usually red in colour, which were attached to the surface of the woven covering. Figure held at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.]]

Taʼaroa is the supreme creator god in the mythology of the Society Islands of French Polynesia. While the use of the ʼeta is appropriate given the pronunciation of his name, it is often omitted in practice, as is typically the case with Tahitian words.