What is "punga"

n. (alt form ponga English)

Punga may refer to:

• Punga, the silver tree fern, from the Māori ponga
• Punga, Tanzania, a village in Tanzania
• Punga, Namibia, a village in Namibia
• Punga (mythology), the ancestor of sharks in Māori tradition
• Punga Mare, a hydrocarbon sea on the moon Titan, named after the Māori Punga
• Punga, a village in Cozieni Commune, Buzău County, Romania
• "Punga" (song), a song by Klingande

In Māori mythology, Punga is a supernatural being, the ancestor of sharks, lizards, rays, and all deformed, ugly things. All ugly and strange animals are Punga's children. Hence the saying Te aitanga a Punga (the offspring of Punga) used to describe an ugly person.