Contemporary Traditional Maori,part 2 "The Maori creation story:The separation of Heaven and earth."by Saul Martinez,1/10/12,                                                       period 1,culture and Geography   source: George Grey, 1956, Polynesian Mythology(ed by William W. Bird):Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd, 35p and Mr. Ruben  Meza,2012

(According to Maori tradition)"All humans are descended from Rangi Papa

   

"In those days, Heaven and Earth clung closely together, and all was darkness

   

Rangi and Papa had six sons: 1 Tane-mahuta, the father of the forest and their inhabitants

  

2 tawhiri-ma-tea,the father of wind and storms 

   

3 Tangaroa , father of fish and reptiles 

   

4 Tu-matauenga, the father of fierce human beings.   

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

   

8 and Rongo-ma-tane ,the father of cultivated extremely long time, able only to wonder what light and vision might be like.

   

•"In the beginning these six sons and all other beings live in darkness for an  extremely long time 

   

after a battle between the six sons  Tu-matauenga ate 4 of his brothers as food, sparing Tawhiri ma-tea 

   

this is why today people are fierce and have war