Contemporary Traditional Maori_Culture_Part_2
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Contemporary Traditional Maori Culture ,Part 2"The Maori Creation Story:The
Separation of Heaven and Earth
By William Lee,1/13/12Period1
Culture and Geography
Source:George Grey, 1956, Polynesian Mythology(Ed. By William W. Bird):
Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd.,250p. (BL 2615.G843p 1956);and
Ruben Meza, 2012
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(According to Maori tradition)
"All humans are descended from one
pair of ancestors. Rangi and Papa, who
are also called Heaven and Earth
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"In those days, Heaven and Earth clung closely together, and all was darkness.
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"Rangi and Papa had six sons. One of them who is Tane-Mahuta, The father of the forests and their
inhabitants."
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"The second son who is Tawhiri-ma-tea, The father of winds and
storms."
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"The third is Tangaroa, the father of fish and reptiles."
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The fourth is Tu-Matauenga, The father of fierce human beings."
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"The fifth is Haumia-tikitiki,The father of food that grows without
cultivation."
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Finally the six son named Rongo-Ma-Tane who is the father of cultivated food."
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"In the beginning, These six sons and all other beings lived in darkness for extreme long time,
abled only to wonder what light and vision might be like."
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After a battle between the six sons, Tu-Matauenga ate 4 of his brothers as food, sparing Tewhiri-Ma-
Tea, The father of winds and storms.
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This is why today people are fierce and have war, Why people eat plants and animals, and why they
are storms.