Editing Tū-te-wehiwehi

{{Short description|Māori god of reptiles}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox deity
| type         = Polynesian
| name         = Tū-te-wehiwehi
| god_of       = [[Atua]] of reptiles
| other_names  = Tū-te-wanawana
| gender       = Male
| region       = [[New Zealand]]
| ethnic_group = [[Māori people|Māori]]
| cult_centre  = 
| symbol       = <!-- or | symbols = -->
| consort      = Mairangi
| offspring    = Uenuku
| parents      = [[Punga (mythology)|Punga]]
| siblings     = [[Ikatere]]
| equivalent1_type = 
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}}
[[File:30-ish male tuatara.jpg|230 px|thumb| A young adult male [[tuatara]], a native [[New Zealand]] reptile, one of the children of Tū-te-wehiwehi]]
'''Tū-te-wehiwehi''' (also '''Tū-te-wanawana''') is the father of all [[reptile]]s in [[Māori mythology]].

== Family ==
He is a son of [[Punga (mythology)|Punga]] and brother of [[Ikatere]].<ref>Grey 1971:1–5</ref><ref>[http://www.maoridictionary.co.nz/index.cfm?wordID=1690 Ika-tere]</ref> Punga's father was [[Tangaroa]], [[atua]] of the sea.

When [[Tāwhirimātea]] made war against his brothers for separating [[Rangi and Papa]], Ikatere and Tū-te-wehiwehi had to flee, and Ikatere fled to the sea and became an ancestor of fishes, while Tū-te-wehiwehi took refuge in the forest and fathered lizards. Before Tū-te-wehiwehi and Ikatere fled, they disputed together as to what they should do to escape from the storms.

One of Tu-te-wanwana's offspring was Uenuku, a lesser reptile atua. His mother was Mairangi, who was the daughter of Kauika, son of Wareware, son of Murirangawhenua and [[Mahuika]].<ref name="Tregear">{{cite book |date=1891 |title= The Maori-Polynesian comparative dictionary |url=https://archive.org/details/maoripolynesian01treggoog/page/n600/mode/2up/search/tawhaki |author= Tregear, Edward |page=572 |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref> This Uenuku should not be confused with [[Uenuku]], a more prominent atua.

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