Papatuanuku Papa (Earth) Papatuanuku (Earth spread out) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranginui This article is based largely on the writings of a Te Arawa chief, Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikāheke, who is the author of much of the material in George Grey’s Nga Mahi a nga Tupuna (Grey 1971), originally published in 1854 and later translated into English as Polynesian Mythology (Grey 1956). It should be understood that the version presented here represents just one Māori creation myth among many variants Names and epithets Ranginui Rangi (Sky) Raki (Sky) in the South Island Ranginui (Great Sky) Rangi-pōtiki (Rangi the Lastborn): possibly another name of Rangi, or a closely allied deity Papatuanuku Papa (Earth) Papatuanuku (Earth spread out) See alss Atea, husband of Papa (primordial parents) in Tuamotuan, Rarotongan and Marquesas genealogies Wākea, husband of Papa, from Hawaii Vatea, husband of Papa, father of gods and men in Mangaia, Cook Islands Anu and Ki (goddess), Sumerian deities similar to Rangi and Papa
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