Te Whata-uira-a-Tangawa (Tangaroa)

The provided source presents Tangaroa as an atua occupying the realm of bodies of water and the living creatures within them. Within Māori cosmological ordering, Tangaroa is identified as the great atua connected to seas, lakes, rivers and especially fish. The source does not set out a detailed genealogical origin or cosmogonic narrative for Tangaroa, and it does not provide fuller accounts of relationships with other atua; it simply locates Tangaroa as a principal spiritual authority tied to aquatic environments in Māori mythology.

Accounts in the source are brief: Tangaroa is sometimes depicted as a whale. No further consistent physical description, humanlike form, or other animal embodiments are provided in the supplied material. The whale depiction indicates that an important marine species can serve as an embodied form or symbol of this water-associated atua, according to the cited description.

The source states that Tangaroa is the atua of seas, lakes, rivers and the creatures that live in them—especially fish—indicating a governing or authoritative role over aquatic life. In the named aspect Tangaroa-whakamau-tai, he is said to exercise control over the tides. Beyond these points, the source provides no additional enumerated powers, specific deeds, or narrative accounts of interaction with people; the abilities recorded are limited to authority over aquatic environments and tidal movement as described.