Tāne

The Lord of the Forests and the Light, the son who pushed his parents apart to create the space between the Sky and the Earth so that life could breathe. He is the master woodcarver and the procreator of humanity, whose breath is the wind through the high canopy. He represents the "Expansion of Being," the one who climbed the heavens to fetch the three baskets of knowledge. He is the strength of the koa tree and the morning bird-song that signals the birth of a new day.