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Rangi and Papa

Index Rangi and Papa

In Māori mythology the primal couple Rangi and Papa (or Ranginui and Papatūānuku) appear in a creation myth explaining the origin of the world (though there are many different versions). [1]

37 relations: Alexander Hare McLintock, An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, Anu, Atea, Cook Islands, Creation myth, Edward Tregear, Fish, George Grey, Haumia-tiketike, Hawaii, Ikatere, John Rutherford Blair, Ki (goddess), Mangaia, Marquesas Islands, Māori mythology, Mother goddess, Punga (mythology), Rarotonga, Rūaumoko, Reed Publishing, Rehua, Reptile, Rongo, Sky father, South Island, Sumerian religion, Tangaroa, Tāne, Tāwhirimātea, Tū-te-wehiwehi, Tūmatauenga, Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, Tuamotus, Vatea, Wākea.

Alexander Hare McLintock

Alexander Hare McLintock (14 April 1903 – 29 May 1968) was a New Zealand teacher, university lecturer, historian and artist.

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An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand

An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand was an official encyclopedia about New Zealand, published by the Government of New Zealand in 1966.

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Anu

Anu (𒀭𒀭, Anu‹m› or Ilu) or An (𒀭, from 𒀭 an "Sky, Heaven") is the divine personification of the sky, supreme God, and ancestor of all the deities in ancient Mesopotamian religion.

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Atea

Atea is a deity in several polynesian cultures, including Tuamotu, New Zealand and Marquesas Islands.

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Cook Islands

The Cook Islands (Cook Islands Māori: Kūki 'Āirani) is a self-governing island country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand.

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Creation myth

A creation myth (or cosmogonic myth) is a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it.

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Edward Tregear

Edward Robert Tregear (1846–1931) was a New Zealand public servant and scholar.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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George Grey

Sir George Grey, KCB (14 April 1812 – 19 September 1898) was a British soldier, explorer, Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony (South Africa), the 11th Premier of New Zealand and a writer.

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Haumia-tiketike

In Māori mythology, Haumia-tiketike or Haumia (also Haumia-roa, and Haumia-tikitiki) is the god (atua) of the fernroot and uncultivated plants.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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Ikatere

In Māori and Polynesian mythology, Ikatere, also spelled Ika-tere, ('fast fish') is a fish god, the father of all sea creatures, including mermaids.

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John Rutherford Blair

John Rutherford Blair (1843 – 25 November 1914) was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand from 1898 to 1899.

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Ki (goddess)

Ki was the earth goddess in Sumerian mythology, chief consort of the sky god An.

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Mangaia

Mangaia (traditionally known as A'ua'u Enua, which means terraced) is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest, after Rarotonga.

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Marquesas Islands

The Marquesas Islands (Îles Marquises or Archipel des Marquises or Marquises; Marquesan: Te Henua (K)enana (North Marquesan) and Te FenuaEnata (South Marquesan), both meaning "the land of men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean.

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Māori mythology

Māori mythology and Māori traditions are the two major categories into which the legends of the Māori of New Zealand may usefully be divided.

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Mother goddess

A mother goddess is a goddess who represents, or is a personification of nature, motherhood, fertility, creation, destruction or who embodies the bounty of the Earth.

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Punga (mythology)

In Māori mythology, Punga is a supernatural being, the ancestor of sharks, lizards, rays, and all deformed, ugly things.

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Rarotonga

Rarotonga is the most populous island of the Cook Islands, with a population of 10,572 (census 2011), out of the country's total resident population of 14,974.

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Rūaumoko

In Māori mythology, Rūaumoko (also known as Rūamoko) is the god of earthquakes, volcanoes and seasons.

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Reed Publishing

Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd, originally A. H. Reed Ltd and publishing under the imprint A. H. and A. W. Reed, is one of New Zealand's oldest publishers.

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Rehua

In Māori mythology, Rehua is a very sacred personage, who lives in Te Putahi-nui-o-Rehua in Rangi-tuarea, the tenth and highest of the heavens in some versions of Māori lore.

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Reptile

Reptiles are tetrapod animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives.

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Rongo

In Māori mythology, Rongo or Rongo-mā-Tāne (also Rongo-hīrea, Rongo-marae-roa, and Rongo-marae-roa-a-Rangi) is a major god (atua) of cultivated plants, especially kumara (spelled kūmara in Māori), a vital crop.

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Sky father

In comparative mythology, sky father is a term for a recurring concept of a sky god who is addressed as a "father", often the father of a pantheon.

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South Island

The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu) is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island.

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Sumerian religion

Sumerian religion was the religion practiced and adhered to by the people of Sumer, the first literate civilization of ancient Mesopotamia.

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Tangaroa

In Māori mythology, Tangaroa (also Takaroa) is one of the great gods, the god of the sea.

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Tāne

In Māori mythology, Tāne (also called Tāne Mahuta, Tāne nui a Rangi, and several other names) is the god of forests and of birds, and the son of Ranginui and Papatūanuku, the sky father and the earth mother, who lie in a tight embrace.

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Tāwhirimātea

In Māori mythology, Tāwhirimātea (or Tāwhiri) is the god of weather, including thunder and lightning, wind, clouds and storms.

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Tū-te-wehiwehi

In Māori mythology, Tū-te-wehiwehi (or Tutewehiwehi) is the father of all reptiles, and is also known as Tu-te-wanawana (or Māori: Tū-te-wanawana).

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Tūmatauenga

In Māori mythology, Tū or Tūmatauenga (Māori: 'Tū of the angry face') is the god of war, hunting, food cultivation, fishing and cooking.

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Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand is an online encyclopedia created by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage of the New Zealand Government.

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Tuamotus

The Tuamotus, also referred to in English as the Tuamotu Archipelago or the Tuamotu Islands (Îles Tuamotu, officially Archipel des Tuamotu), are a French Polynesian chain of almost 80 islands and atolls forming the largest chain of atolls in the world.

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Vatea

In mythology of Mangaia and the southern Cook Islands, Vatea is the father of gods and men.

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Wākea

In the Hawaiian religion, Wākea, the Sky father weds Papahānaumoku, the earth mother.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangi_and_Papa

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