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The Maori people of New Zealand believe that at the beginning of time the sky was so in love ...
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Tangaroa was one of the children of the Sky Father, Rangi, and Mother Earth, Papa. He was ...
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Tawhiri was very angry with his brothers. They disagreed about whether their parents, Rangi ...
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Rona was the daughter of the sea god Tangaroa. One night she was carrying a bucket with water ...
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The Maori people of New Zealand believe that at the beginning of time the sky was so in love ...
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Pele is a fire goddess according to the people of Hawaii. She is savage and wrathful and resides ...
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Haumea was a goddess in Hawaiian mythology. She was the goddess of childbirth. One of her children ...
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Maui was a hero of Polynesian mythology. For Maui and his mother the days were too short. Maui ...
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In South Pacific mythology, Makemake was the creator of humanity and the god of fertility. ...
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