# Tangaroa — Polynesian Mythology character guide

> Tangaroa in Polynesian Mythology by George Grey.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Rau-hau-a-Tangaroa

**First appearance:** 0003-the-children-of-heaven-and-earth

## Who they are

The god of the sea and father of fish and reptiles.

## In the story

### [The Children of Heaven and Earth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/polynesian_mythology_se/chapters/the-children-of-heaven-and-earth)

God of the ocean and father of fish and reptiles; fails to separate the parents and later flees from Tāwhirimātea's storms.

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