According to Maori tradition, all humans are descended from the primordial parents Rangi (sky father) and Papa (earth mother). Rangi and Papa were originally locked in a tight embrace, keeping the world in darkness. They had six sons - Tane-mahuta (forests), Tawhiri-ma-tea (winds), Tangaroa (sea life), Haumia-tikitiki and Rongo-ma-tane (cultivated foods). Tu-matauenga ate four of his brothers but spared Tawhiri-ma-tea, explaining why humans are warlike and eat other creatures and why storms exist.

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2. (According to the Maori tradition)" All humans are descended from one pair of ancestors,Rangi and Papa,who are also called Heaven and Earth."

3. "In those days, heaven and earthclung closley togther,and all was darkness.

4. "Rangi and Papa had six sons:1)Tane-mahuta, the father of the forests and their inhabitants".

5. "2)Tawhiri-ma-tea, the father of winds and storms.

6. 3) Tangfaroa, the father of fish and reptiles".

7. 5)Haumia-tikitiki, the father of cultivated and food that grow with cultivatiuon.

8. 6)and Rongo-ma-tane, the father of culivated food."

9. "In the beging these six sons and all other beings lived in darkness for and all other beings lived in the darkness for an extremely long time, able only wouder what light and vision might be like.

10. After a battle between ther six sons, Tu-matauenga ate 4 of his brothers as food, sparing Tawhiri-ma-tea, the father of wind and storms.

11. This is why today people are fierce and have war,why people eat plants and animals, and why there are storms.