【解析】 1.The world began in darkness. 2.The earth mother. 3.To let the light in. 4.The god of the forests. 5.Humans will die some day. 【解析】 源和妇女的创造。 1.根据The Maori people of New Zealand believe that the w 可知毛利人相信世界一开始处于黑暗中,故此处为The world b ...
Some women also have tattoos on their chin and mouth.4 Europeans arrived in New Zealand in the early 1800s and the first townwas built in 1822. The Maori people and the Europeans fought over theland. A lot of Maori people were killed. A lot of Maori people also diedbecause of the dise...
It was an important marker of the transition between realms. It marked the transition between the world outside and the sacred space. At the threshold between these two realms, people pass under a god-like ancestor. Carved Maori lintels are some of the most spectacular examples of Maori ...
The old myths make it quite clear (to me) that Tu is a god of human beings, and that when the early Maori said to missionaries and whalers that Tu was a god of 'war' they were being metaphorical: only humans wage war and war is the great tool of the great chiefs of people. ...
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her. Threefold Woe Over Babylon’s Fall 9“When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with herand shared her luxurysee the smoke of her burning,they will weep and mourn over her.10Terrified at her torment, they will stand far offand cry: ...
Their children did not like the darkness, so one of them. Tane, the god of the forests, made his mother leave his father. After that, the sky stayed far above the earth, and let the light in.Later. Tane lived on the carth. He wanted to have a wile. There was no woman around, ...
seekthe peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Prayto theLordfor it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”8Yes, this is what theLordAlmighty, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let the prophetsand diviners among you deceiveyou. Do not li...
They say it was dark because Rangi, the sky father, and Papa, the earth mother, were lying together, keeping out of the light. Rangi and Papa had many children who were all gods (神). Their children did not like the darkness, so one of them, Tane, the god of the forests, made ...
Maori abstract thought must grapple with the everyday, concrete realities of life (Marsden1985), and this dual work is initiated and continued by the grounded yet mysterious nature of a primordial entity, Papatuanuku (Earth Mother). Papatuanuku has been attributed with a number of sublime chara...
On the island of New Zealand, there is a grasshopper-like species of insect that is found nowhere else on earth. New Zealanders have given it the nickname weta, which is a native Maori word meaning “god of bad looks . It’s easy to see why anyone would