A violent struggle created this world , according to maori mythology : indigenous new zealanders say sky father and earth mother were ripped from each other 's arms to make room for mountains , forests , and oceans . 根据毛利人的神话,这个世界是一次剧烈的斗争而创造的:土生土长的新西兰人说,天...
ChooseONE WORD ONLYfrom the passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 7-13 on your answer sheet. A short history of Maori healing Pre-European arrival Maori were using plant based remedies, as well as treatment including massage ...
One explanation for the name Maori is that it comes from the word or phraseMa-Uri, meaning "Children of Heaven." A related meaning is given approximately as "Children of the White Cloud," because New Zealand's name in the indigenous language is "Aotearoa," meaning "The Island of the Lon...
To the Mao ris, New Zealand is the Land of the Long White Cloud.They are a naturally spiritual community who cherishes the existence of life on earth. They know the wisdom of the standing mountains and the knowledge carried by the forest trees.Maoris speak a lot about maintaining the ...
It is an energy that embodies the life force were averse to cooked food and typically only dwelt in or fertility of a single person, whole tribe, field of crops tapu places when visiting the mortal earth. The aversion or even an entire forest. Sometimes the word is used to was so great...
This beautiful Infinity pendant is hand made of either cow bone (white) or cow horn (black) and inlaid with paua (abalone) shell. The infinity symbol is believed to come from the latin word infinitas or "unboundedness." It's strong symbolism for eternity and love make it a unique pendant...
18“But will God really dwellon earth with humans? The heavens,even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!19Yet,Lordmy God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is prayi...
33And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away. 34Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness,...
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 call this insect a bad-looki...
One of them was the god Tane who abandoned his parents and stained the earth red with Rangi’s blood from which all nature originated. The Māori believed that everything had a definite soul (wairua) and a liquid concept of spiritual “essence” (mana). Mana was associated with nobility, ...