Thursday, September 12, 2019

In the Beginning...

We have been looking at the myth about Ranginui and Papatuanuku in Maori culture recently from a story called 'In The Beginning'. The story says that their children were tired of being kept in the darkness of their embrace and separated them, creating the earth and the sky. 

 We created our own versions of their children...

Tangaroa - guardian of the ocean (by Rosaline)
Rongo - god of peace and agriculture (by Ayana)

Tū - god of war and mankind (by Nijel)

Tanē - guardian of the forest (by Caleb)
Haumia - god of wild and uncultivated food (by Mahdi)
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