A sixth brother had had nothing to do with their plot.

This was Tawhiri-Matea, the god of winds and storms.

He loyally accompanied his father to the realms above, whence he descended on his rebel brothers in furious tempests.
The sea-god fled to the ocean, where he and his children dwell as fishes.

The two gods of plant-food hid in the Earth, and she, forgiving mother that she was, sheltered them in her breast.

Only Tu, the god of mankind, stayed erect and undaunted.