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 *