Nga Mahi a nga Tupuna - Māori Mythology 101

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1. In the beginning there were the Sky Father, and the Earth Mother, locked in a tight embrace. The Sky Father shares his name with the Māori word for sky, and his name is found in a number of place names, including that of the volcanic island that dominates Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. What is the name of the Sky Father? Tāne Rā Tangaroa Rangi

2. The Earth Mother shares her name with the Māori word for earth, and her name is found as part of a number of place names, including at least two Auckland suburbs. What is the name of the Earth Mother? Hinauri Hine Papa Punga

3. The Sky Father and Earth Mother gave birth to many male children who lived in discomfort, confined in the darkness between them. One of them, Tūmatauenga, proposed killing his parents. What did Tū become the god of? Water Wind War Weather

4. Tūmatauenga's brother, Tāne Mahuta, insisted on a less violent solution: that they attempt to push their parents apart. Together they worked and Tāne pushed them apart with his strong legs. What is Tāne most associated with? Foods Floods Forests Fires

5. A third brother, Tāwhirimātea, was deeply angered at his brothers for separating their parents. He followed his father up into the sky and gathered up his children, sending them after Tāne and his other brothers. What were the children of Tāwhiri? Waters, waves, and tides Ferns and mosses Birds, bugs, and reptiles Winds, clouds and storms

6. Next Tāwhiri attacked his brother Tangaroa, making great waves and whirlpools rise. What is the realm of Tangaroa? The Plains The Animals The Mountains The Seas

7. The remaining two brothers, Rongo and Haumia-tiketike, hid in the body of the Earth Mother, who protected them from the wrath of Tāwhiri, until he stopped storming. What are Rongo and Haumia the gods of? Volcanoes and earthquakes Fire and flood Caves and mountains Cultivated food and wild food

8. Tāne had a daughter, named Hine-ata-uira, "Maid of the Flashing Dawn", whom he took to wife, without telling her who he was. When she learned that he was her father, she fled to the Underworld, and became the goddess of night and death. What was her new name? Hinemoa Hine-nui-te-pō Hinemoana Hinauri

9. In some traditions, when Tāne placed the stars in the sky, he also added the Sun and the Moon. The Sun personified has what coincidental name in Māori? Ra Marama Maui Ruru

10. In some stories he was made by Tāne, in others, he was made by Tū, but who was the first man, in Māori mythology? Maui Tiki Kupe Irawaru