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  2. Māori mythology - Wikipedia

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    Māori mythology and Māori traditions are two major categories into which the remote oral history of New Zealand's Māori may be divided. Māori myths concern tales of supernatural events relating to the origins of what was the observable world for the pre-European Māori, often involving gods and demigods.

  3. Rangi and Papa - Wikipedia

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    In Māori mythology the primal couple Rangi and Papa (or Ranginui and Papatūānuku) appear in a creation myth explaining the origin of the world and the Māori people [1] (though there are many different versions). In some South Island dialects, Rangi is called Raki or Rakinui. [2]

  4. List of Māori deities - Wikipedia

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    Auahitūroa, the personification of comets, and the origin of fire. Haere, several personifications of the rainbow. Ikatere, a fish god and father of all sea creatures. Io Matua Kore, the supreme being; personification of light and the world of the living and the forest. Kahukura, a war god who appears as the upper bow of a double rainbow.

  5. Tiki - Wikipedia

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    Usually her name is Hine-ahu-one. In other legends, Tāne makes the first man, Tiki, then makes a wife for him. In some West Coast versions, Tiki himself, as a son of Rangi and Papa, creates the first human by mixing his own blood with clay, and Tāne then makes the first woman. Sometimes Tūmatauenga, the war god, creates Tiki.

  6. Rūaumoko - Wikipedia

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    In Māori mythology, Rūaumoko (also known as Rūamoko) is the god of earthquakes, volcanoes and seasons. [1] [2] He is the youngest son of Ranginui (the Sky father) and Papatūānuku (the Earth mother) (commonly called Rangi and Papa). [2] Ruaumoko Patera, named after this god, is one of many paterae (shallow craters) on Io, one of Jupiter's ...

  7. Māori people - Wikipedia

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    In legends and oral traditions, the word distinguished ordinary mortal human beings— tāngata māori —from deities and spirits (wairua). [ 17 ] [ ii ] Likewise, wai māori denotes "fresh water", as opposed to salt water .

  8. Māui (Māori mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Māui is the son of Taranga, the wife of Makeatutara.He was a miraculous birth – his mother threw her premature infant [a] into the sea wrapped in a tress of hair from her topknot (tikitiki) – hence Māui's full name is Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga.

  9. Rongo - Wikipedia

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    In Māori mythology, Rongo or Rongo-mā-Tāne (also Rongo-hīrea, Rongo-marae-roa, [1] and Rongo-marae-roa-a-Rangi [2]) is a major god of cultivated plants, especially kumara (spelled kūmara in Māori), a vital crop. Other crops cultivated by Māori in traditional times included taro, yams (uwhi), cordyline (tī), and gourds (hue).