The document summarizes the Maori creation story of Rangi and Papa (Heaven and Earth) and their six sons. Rangi and Papa were originally joined closely together in darkness. Their six sons were Tane-Mahuta (father of the forest), Tawhiri-ma-tea (father of winds and storms), Tangaroa (father of fish and reptiles), Tu-Matauenga (father of forests), Haumia-tikitiki (father of uncultivated food) and Rongo-Ma-tane (father of cultivated food). After a battle between the sons, Tu-Matauenga ate four of his brothers but spared Tawhiri-ma

1. Contemporary traditional Maori Culture Part.2 "The Maori Creation Story: The Separation of Heaven and Earth" By: Jherson Robles 1/19/11 Period.4; Culture and Geography

2. (According to Maori traditional) "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 Earth clung closely together and all was darkness"

4. "Rangi and Papa had Six Sons: (1) Tane-Mahuta, the father of the forest and their ihabitants

5. (2) Tawhiri-ma-tea; The Father of winds and storms

6. Tangaroa, the Father of Fishes and Reptiles

7. Tu-Matauenga, the Father of the Forests and their inHabitants.

8. Haumia-tikitiki, The Father of Food that Grows without Cultivation

9. and Rongo-Ma-tane, The Father of Cultivated food

10. In The Beginning these Six Sons and all other beings lived in the darkness for an extremely long time, able only to Wonder what light and vision might be Like

11. After a battle between the six sons, Tu-Matauenga ate 4 of his sons as brothers as food, sparing Tawhiri-ma-tea, the Father of Winds and Storm.

12. This is Why today people are fierce and have War, Why people eat plants and animals, and why there are storms ?.