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| - The following is a list of Māori deities.
* Ao - personification of light and the world of the living
* Ārohirohi - goddess of mirages
* Auahitūroa - personification of comets, and the origin of fire
* Haumia-tiketike (Haumi) - god of wild or uncultivated food
* Hine-nui-te-pō - goddess of night and death, and ruler of the underworld
* Ika-Roa - the fish that gave birth to all the stars in the Milky Way
* Ikatere - fish god; father of all sea creatures
* Kiwa - divine guardian of the ocean
* Kui - chthonic demigod
* Mahuika - fire goddess
* Makeatutara - father of Māui and guardian of the underworld
* Maru - god of war
* Māui - demigod and culture hero
* Papatūānuku (Papa) - primordial earth mother
* Pūhaorangi - celestial god
* Punga - ancestor of sharks, lizard, rays and all things ugly
* Ranginui (Rangi) - primordial sky father
* Rehua - star god with the power of healing
* Rohe - goddess of the spirit world and wife of Māui
* Rongo - god of cultivated food
* Rongomai - the name of a number of separate beings
* Ruaumoko - god of volcanoes, earthquakes and seasons
* Tama-nui-te-rā - personification of the sun
* Tāne - god of forests and birds
* Tane-rore - personification of shimmering air
* Tangaroa - god of the sea
* Tangotango - celestial goddess
* Tāwhaki - supernatural being associated with thunder and lightning
* Tāwhirimātea - god of weather, thunder, lightning, rain, wind and storms
* Te Uira - personification of lightning
* Tinirau - guardian of fish
* Tūmatauenga - god of war
* Tū-te-wehiwehi - father of all reptiles
* Uenuku - god of rainbows
* Whaitiri - personification of thunder
* Whiro - lord of darkness and embodiment of evil
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