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1. Contemporary traditional Maori culture , part 2 "The Maori creation story: the separation of heaven and earth " by Luis Perez, 1-23-12 period 4 Culture and Geography Source:George Grey,1956,Polynesian Mythology (ed. by William W. Bird): Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd.,250p. (BL 2615,g843p 1956); and Mr. Ruben Meza,2012
2. (According to Maori tradition)"all humans are descended from one pair of ancestors,Rangi and Papa,who are also called heaven and earth
3. in those days, Heaven and Earth clung closely together,and all was darkness
4. Rangi and Papa had six sons:(1) Tane-mahuta,the father of the forest and their in habitants
10. In the beginning these six sons and all other beings lived in darkness for an battle extremely longtime,able only to wonder what light and vision might be like
11. After the battle between the six sons tu-matauenga ate 4 of his brothers as food,sparing Twahiri-ma-tea,the father of winds and storms
12. this why today people are fierce and have war, people eat plants and animals,and why there are storms