Post #222717 by Sneakytiki on Thu, Mar 23, 2006 6:18 PM

Benzart, KCtiki, thanks! It is a real honor to have my work looked at by all the talented individuals I've enjoyed here in creating tiki land.

Benzart, I can't believe how great your Maori warriors are! KC, I will post the longer version of the Maori story shortly, here is a quick version.

Ranginui and Papatuanuku prevented light from reaching the world because of their close embrace, and their offspring lived in a world of darkness and ignorance between the bodies of their parents. And they plotted against their parents in order to let light into the world.

It is said that some of the sons decided that their situation could be remedied only if they separated their parents, so that Ranginui would be pushed up to become the sky and Papatuanuku remain as their Earth. They set about their task. Tane it was who finally rendered them apart by resting his shoulders upon Papatuanuku and thrusting his legs upwards and pushing Ranginui to the sky. By this deed Tane, of many names, came also to be known as Tane-te-toko-o-te-rangi (Tane the prop of the heavens).

"The verity of this name is evident in the great forests of Tane, where the mighty trunks of totara and kauri trees can be seen soaring upwards to the green canopy overhead and the sky above it."

• 1990, Walker.

By this separation of Rangi and Papa the world of light, of existence, the third state of creation, came into being.

[ Edited by: Sneakytiki 2006-03-23 18:27 ]