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Tangaroa With Brother Tane's Eagle
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Tangaroa With Brother Tane's Eagle
Cook Islands:
In Rarotonga: Tangaroa is the god of the sea and fertility. He is the most important of all the departmental gods. Carved figures made from wood carvings are very popular on the island today.
In Mangaia: Tangaroa is a child of Vatea (daylight) and Papa (foundation) and the younger twin brother of Rongo. Rongo and Tangaroa share food and fish: Tangaroa's share is everything that is red (the red taro, red fish and so on). Tangaroa is said to have yellow hair and when Mangaians first saw Europeans they thought they must be Tangaroa's children.
In Manihiki: Tangaroa is the origin of fire. Maui goes to him to obtain fire for humankind. Advised to reach Tangaroa's abode by taking the common path, he takes the forbidden path of death infuriating Tangaroa who tries to kick him to death. Maui manages to prevent that and insists that Tangaroa give him fire. Maui kills Tangaroa. When his parents are horrified, Maui uses incantations to bring him back to life.
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In Maori folk law also Tangaroa is the God (Atua) of the sea, son of Ranginui the Sky Father. Tane Mahuta is atua of forests and birds.
Maisey Rika is a well know NZ singer songwriter. Waiti and Waita are twins and are two of the 9 stars of Matariki. Waiti is associated with rivers lakes etc and Waita is associated with the sea. Matariki is known elsewhere as the constellation Pleiades. Last Friday was a Public Holiday here, to celebrate Matariki, the Maori New Year.
Your wonderful post made me curious however, so I've checked-out your links an I've have searched the net too in order to know more about the culture, and so on.
Very interesting!
So your post is a perfect mix of art (render), of education (your links and quotes), and entertainment (the appropriate music links in which the beautiful Maisey Rika is performing).