Long ago; when the world was nothing, but a void of dark nothingness. Out of the the emptiness Papatuanuku the Earth Mother and Ranginui the Sky Father came together. Later getting blessed with sons 6 sons.
Tangaroa who was god of the sea, Tāwhirimātea god of the wind and weather, Tūmatauenga god of war , Haumia-tiketike is the god of uncultivated plants and life, Rongo god of cultivated crops and animals, Tane Mahuta is god of the forest.
Together the six of these brothers each with their own fiery and passionate personalities lived the beginning of their life in darkness. Cramped up in between their parents who had a such a strong clasp on each other that it was almost impossible to separate them.
One day Tangaroa was fed up and decided it was high-time for the children to push their parents apart or take some kind of action. Most brothers agreed but Tawhirimatea the god of the wind was against this he believed that the boys should leave Papatuanuku and Ranginui. They were the ones who gave life to them after all.
Tangaroa despite what the quarrels with Tawhirimatea tried anyways. He pushed and pushed, but nothing neither Papatuanuku nor Ranginui budge. Tane Mahuta tried next he put his feet against Ranginui and his back against Papatuanuku and pushed. He pushed and pushed and just when you thought he'd given up he pushed again.
Then slowly but surely Ranginui and Papatuanuku started to separate. As they did light fled between them, thus creating the world. Ranginui and Papatuanuku separation led to the creation of the world letting there sons live a life that they enjoyed. That's the Maori legend of the Creation of the world!
Kia ora Zaeeda,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your own retelling of the Maori creation myth that explains the separation of Ranginui (Sky Father) and Papatuanuku (Earth Mother). I like how you started your story with the setting of a 'void of dark nothingness' - this is important because it provides the setting for the rest of the story to follow.