Editing Haumia-tiketike (section)

== Genealogy ==
Many of these relatives may not be considered {{Lang|mi|[[atua]]}} as gods or greater spirits themselves but may instead be {{Lang|mi|atua}} as lesser spirits. The translations of their names represent abstract concepts and aspects of nature, not unlike polytheistic deities.

=== Parentage ===
* Haumia-tiketike is a son of Ranginui and [[Rangi and Papa|Papatūānuku]],<ref name="Tregear"/> according to the tribes of the {{lang|mi|Arawa}}.
* [[Elsdon Best]] noted that Haumia-tiketike was not recognised as a son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku by the tribes of the {{lang|mi|[[Tākitimu]]}}.<ref name="Elsdon"/>
* In [[Ngāi Tahu|Kāi Tahu]] (an {{lang|mi|[[iwi]]}} associated with {{lang|mi|Tākitimu}}) traditions, Haumia-tiketike is a son of Tamanuiaraki ('Great son of heaven'), who is a son of Rakinui and Hekehekeipapa<ref name="Tregear"/> ('Descend at the world').<ref name="White">{{Cite book|last=White|first=John|author-link=John White (ethnographer)|year=1887|chapter=Mythology of Creation. (Nga-I-Tahu.)|title=The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions: Horo-Uta or Taki-Tumu Migration.|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Whi01Anci-t1-g1-t1-body-d1-d2.html|volume=I|location=Wellington|publisher=Government Printer|pages=19–20|language=en}}</ref>
* In the southern [[Bay of Plenty]] and parts of the east coast Haumia-tiketike is a son of Tāne Mahuta, who is the son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku.<ref name=Orbell/> This is an area of origin for most {{lang|mi|Tākitimu}} {{lang|mi|iwi}}.

=== Siblings ===
==== {{lang|mi|Arawa}} ====
* [[Rongo|Rongo-mā-Tāne]], god of cultivated foods, particularly [[Sweet potato#New Zealand|kūmara]].
* [[Tāne|Tāne Mahuta]], god of forests and birds.
* [[Tangaroa]], god of the sea and fish.
* [[Tāwhirimātea]], god of storms and violent weather.
* [[Tūmatauenga]], god of war, hunting, cooking, fishing, and food cultivation.

==== Ngāi Tahu ====
In Kāi Tahu's traditions and likely those of other {{lang|mi|iwi}} of {{lang|mi|Tākitimu}}, gods typically considered as Haumia-tiketike's brothers such as Rongo-mā-Tāne and Tāne Mahuta are instead his uncles or half-uncles.

Haumia-tiketike being listed first, Tamanuiaraki's other offspring included:<ref name="White"/>
* Manuika ('Bird fish')
* Manunuiakahoe ('Power/Shelter of the rowers')
* Huawaiwai ('Pulpy fruit')
* Tahitokuru ('Ancient blow')
* Kohurere ('Flying mist')
* Teaohiawe ('Gloom day')
* Haere ('Go/Proceed')
* Uenukupokaia ('Trembling earth, go all around/encircle')
* Uenukuhorea ('Trembling earth, bald')
* Rakiwhitikina ('Heaven encircled with a belt')
* Te Pukitonga ('The fountain/origin at the south')
* "and so on to the generation of men now living."

=== Descendants ===
* Te Mōnehu (fern spores, [[Trichomes#Plant trichomes|tomentum]]) is the child of Haumia-tiketike, its descendants are:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/whakapapa/12622/whakapapa-of-haumia|title=Te aitanga pepeke – the insect world: Whakapapa of Haumia|last=Haami|first=Bradford|year=2007|website=Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date=8 July 2020}}</ref>
**  Namu ([[Austrosimulium (subgenus)|sandflies]]) – Namuiria was the first sandfly, killed by Tūmatauenga.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12623/namu|title=Te aitanga pepeke – the insect world: Namu|last=Haami|first=Bradford|year=2007|website=Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date=8 July 2020}}</ref>
**  Waeroa (mosquitoes)
**  Rō (stick insects)
**  Aruhe (fern root)