Tangotango

{{Short description|Woman in Māori mythology}}

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In Māori mythology, Tangotango (sometimes called Hāpai) was a celestial woman who fell in love with the great hero Tāwhaki and came to earth to become his wife. After bearing him a daughter, Arahuta, they quarreled and she returned to heaven. Tāwhaki and his brother set out on a great adventure to find her.{{cite book |title=Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race |last=Grey |first=Sir George |author-link=George Grey |year=1885 |publisher=H. Brett |location=Auckland |page=41 |url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-GrePoly-c1-3.html |access-date=29 Nov 2010}}