{"id":10147,"date":"2019-08-13T00:53:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T00:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moevarua.com\/maori-legend-creation-story\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T00:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:47:11","slug":"maori-legend-creation-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moevarua.com\/en\/maori-legend-creation-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Maori Legend &#8211; Creation Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/moevarua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-08-12-at-20.35.31.jpeg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1280\/843;display:block; margin:20px auto; max-width:100%; height:auto;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Maori Legend<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Creation Story<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Maor\u00ed believe that the universe is represented by the supreme god Taaroa and his union with Fei-Materai, who represents the night, from which Ranginui (the sky) and Papatuanuku (the earth) were born.\u00a0 In the beginning, the sky and the earth were joined in such a strong embrace that it kept their seventy children, the gods associated with the cosmos and nature, from seeing the light.\u00a0 Two of them, Tane, the god of the forests, and Tangaroa, the god of the sea, determined to find the light, separated from the embrace of their parents.\u00a0 This caused a such rage in their brother, Tawhiri, the god of the winds, that he caused storms and hurricanes to punish Tangaroa and Tane.\u00a0 Once separated, the gods Ranginui and Papatuanuku assumed their actual positions of sky and earth.\u00a0 The moon is associated with the goddess Hina (Mahina in Rapanui) and the rest of space is associated with the goddess Ateo.\u00a0 Together they constitute the Aku.\u00a0 The rain is the tears of Papatuanuku and fog is associated with the warmth of the body of Ranginui who wants the embrace of his companion.\u00a0 Their youngest son, Ruaumoko, wasn\u2019t yet born when all this happened.\u00a0 His brothers gave him the gift of fire so that he could warm himself within the darkness in his mother\u2019s womb.\u00a0 Ruaumoko, so closely tied with his mother, felt her pain at the separation.\u00a0 This filled him with anger causing him to shatter the earth, expelling currents of blazing lava.In the beginning, the god Tane offered to the humans three baskets containing all knowledge, the Nga Kete o Te Wananga.\u00a0 Within these baskerts were the stories of creation, the instructions of magic and much other knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Maori believe that all comes from the gods.\u00a0 Man, earth, nature and objects made by man can contain Mana, a spiritual power.\u00a0 For this reason the Maori maintain a strong spiritual bond with the earth and with some special places which have a deep cultural and spiritual meaning for them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ceremonial objects with Mana must be protected with extremely strict rules of Tapu (tabboo). 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