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  Contemporary Traditional MaoriCulture,part2 "The Maori Creation Story: The Separation of Heaven and Earth"               By Aliana Quintana, 1/1/12 Period.5 Culture and Geography Source:George Grey, 1956, Polnesian Mythology (ed. by William W. Bird): Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd., 250 p. (BL 2615. G843p1956); and Mr. Ruben Meza, 2012
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  (According to theMaori Tradition) "All humans are descended from one pair of ancestors,Rangi and Papa, Who arre 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 Papahad six sons: (1) Tane-mahuta, the father of the forest their inhabitants"
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  (2)Tawhiri-ma-tea, the fatherof winds and storms"
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  (3) Tangaroa, thefather of fish and reptiles";
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  (40) Tu-matauenga, thefather of fierce human beings" 
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  Haumia-tiktiki, father offood that grows without cultivation"
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  Rongo-ma-tane, the fatherof cultivated food
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  In the beginningthese six sons and all other beings lived in darkness for an extremely longtime, able only to wonder what light and vision might be like.
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  After a battle betweeenthe six sons, Tu-matauenga ate four of his brothers as food, sparing Tawhiri-ma-tea, the father of winds and storms.
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  This is why today people arefierce and have war, why people eat plants and animals, and why there are storms