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Anglicized word derived from Tane, A name from the language of Indigenous people of New Zealand, Maori. Means "Man" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian mythology Tane (Tanemahuta) was the god of forests and light. He was the son of the sky god Rangi and the earth goddess Papa, who were locked in an embrace and finally separated by their son. He created the tui bird and, by some accounts, man.
by CharmingTruth July 25, 2019