Contemporary traditionalmaor (1)
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Contemporary Traditional Maori Culture, part 2 "The Maori Creation Story:The Separation of Heaven and
Earth
By Lucy De Paz, 1/23/12 per.8 Culture and Geography Source:George Grey,
1956 Polynesian Mythology (ed. by William W. Bird): Christchurch
Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd., 250 p. (BL 2615.G843p 1956): and Mr.
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:(1)Tane-mahuta, the father of the forest and their inhabitants"
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"Tawhiri-ma-tea, the father of winds and storms."
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"Tangaroa, the father of fish and reptiles."
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"Tu-matauenga, the father of fierce human beings."
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"Haumia-tikitiki, the father of food that grows without cultivation."
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"And Rongo-ma-tane, the the father of cultivated food."
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" In the begining these six sons and all other beings lived in darkness for an extremely long time, able
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 Tawhiri-ma-tea,
the father of the 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 there
are storms.