Not since the day he was born looking like a jellyfish. There and then she had thrown him into the sea. He was rescued by a God called Tama-nui-te-ra, who hung him up to dry. When he’d assumed a more child-like shape and grown into a scamp of a boy he was sent off back...
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. ...
The sun god Tama-nui-te-ra and one of his wives, Hine-raumati, who embodies the essence of summer, had a son named Tane-rore. The quivering and rapid appearance of his hands was the sign of Tane-rore dancing for his mother – which was the foundation of all haka dances. The most...
or, ‘As surely as the god[b] of Beersheba lives’— they will fall, never to rise again.” Footnotes Amos 8:3 Or “the temple singers will wail Amos 8:14 Hebrew the wayMaori Bible (MAORI) by Public Domain New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®,...
here is the conclusion of the matter:Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil. Footnotes Ecclesiastes 12:8 Or the leader of the assembly; also in vers...
New Zealand literature, the body of literatures, both oral and written, produced in New Zealand. Like all Polynesian peoples, the Maori, who began to occupy the islands now called New Zealand about 1,000 years ago, composed, memorized, and performed lame
Oceanic art and architecture - New Zealand, Maori, Carvings: It is estimated that by the beginning of the classic period of Maori art and culture about 90 percent of the population lived in the North Island of New Zealand. The smaller groups of the South
Manea Footprints of Kupe - Hongi, New Zealand Footprints Waipoua Guided Tours, Northland & Bay of Islands Northland & Bay of Islands The birthplace of New Zealand Highlights Come up close with the god of the forest Learn about the Māori creation story ...
(the corner of a checkerboard will do) and twelve tiles on which are printed the words AI (the three-toed sloth), AS, IO (one of the Galilean moons of Jupiter), IS, MA, MR, MS, OM (a Hindu mantra), OR, RA (the Egyptian sun god), RI (a Japanese measure of 2.44 miles), ...
Oh men are equal equal under the sun In the land of the free in our own country Where our babies are told as one Will I learn to be mean to lift up their faces And then walk hand in hand Into the sun And god he smiles on these two little miles Nestle in peace and plenty under...