Tangora is the chief-god of the Oceanic pantheon and their great god of the sea.
History
Millennia ago, when humanity was still in its infancy and the gods of Oceania lived their idyll on an island in the Pacific Ocean, violent climate changes heralding the last ice age on Earth destroyed their home. In order to endure, Tangora the wise suggested that they unite as a single being more powerful than each of them individually; although they hesitated because they valued their individuality, the other gods agreed and they formed the Fiend With Five Faces. Even with the island sunk, the gods remained, although they had to sleep for centuries to preserve their strength, allowing themselves to awaken once every millennium to regain lost strength and enjoy their much-needed individuality for a lunar interval (a period of 14 days). The gods, except Tangora, forget the other times they have awakened because the memory is painful, and so for the four of them it is as if it were always the first time since their island sank.[1]
The most recent time they awoke, Tangora's siblings betrayed and imprisoned him, while they spread across the Earth to try to dominate it and take it back for themselves. But with the intervention of the Justice League of America, Tangora was freed from his mystical prison and he brought the siblings back to the newly re-emerged island, forcing them to merge again and fall asleep with the island back at the bottom of the Pacific.[1]
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- This character or object is an adaptation of Tangaroa, a character or object in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.
- This version of Tangora, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022–2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.
Related
- 2 Appearances of Tangora (New Earth)
- 3 Images featuring Tangora (New Earth)
- Quotations by or about Tangora (New Earth)
- Character Gallery: Tangora (New Earth)
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