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Contemporary Traditional Maori Culture, Part 2
"The Maori creation Story: The Separation of Heaven and Earth
By Sang Ly, 1-23-12Period 6, Culture and Geography
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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 together, and all was darkness.
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Rangi and Papa had six sons: Tane-Mahuta, the father of the forests 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 father of cultivated extremely long time, able only to wonder what light
and vision might be like.
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After a battle between 6 sons, Tu matauenga ate 4 of his brothers as food, sparing Tawhiri-ma-tea, the
father of winds and storms.
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This is why today people are fierce and have war, people eat plants and animals, and why there are
storms.