Matariki: Mythology, Astronomy and Warring Gods of the Maori New Year
Rangi and Papa, and these two mythical creators of the universe represent the sky-father and earth-mother in an eternal cosmic embrace. According to mythologist B. G. Biggs’ excellent 1966 book Maori Myths and Traditions , the great cosmic-couple generated an all-male brood who were “entrapped in the darkness between the sky and the Earth” until the fiercest of the children, Tūmatauenga, planned to kill his parents. Historian A. Smith’s 1993 compilation, He Tuhituhinga Tai ...
Source: ancient-origins.net