GEOL 1122 Lecture 7: Geol 1122 Notes 09.04.18
9 Jan 2019
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Creation story #3: the separation of heaven and earth. This maori story explaining the origin of nature and humanity was compiled by sir george grey (british gov. Of new zealand) in the 1840/50"s to communicate with maori tribes then in rebellion against british rule. All humans are descended from rangi and papa, aka heaven and. Tu-matauenga urged his brothers to slay their parents and tane- mahuta argued that they should separate their parents. All the brothers agreed to this, except for tawhiri-ma-tea. Rongo-ma-tane, tangaroa, haumia-tikitiki, and tu-matauenga rose and struggled to separate his parents, but they could not do it. Tane-mahuta slowly rose up and put his head against the earth and, with his feet against the skies, slowly pushed them apart. His parents cried out in anguish, asking how their sons could do this, but tane pushed and pushed until the sky was far above.
