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The Maori Creation Story:The Separation of Heaven and Earth Jiayi chen January 17,2012 Period 4 Culture and Geography

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The Maori Creation Story:The Separation of Heaven and Earth

Jiayi chen  January 17,2012        Period 4  Culture and Geography

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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.

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Tane-mahuta, the father of the forest and their inhabitants.

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Tawhiri-ma-tea, the father of winds and storm.

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Tangaroa, the father of fish and reptiles.

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Tu-matauenga, the father of fierce human being.

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Haumia-tikitiki, the father of food that grows without cultivation.

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and Rongo-ma-tane, the father of cultivated food.

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In the beginning these six sons and all other being lived in darkness for an extremely long time, able only wonder what

light and vision might be like.