Explore Mythology of the Polynesian islands
According to the Maori people of New Zealand, Rangi was the Sky Father and his wife was the ...
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Tangaroa was one of the children of the Sky Father, Rangi, and Mother Earth,Papa. He was the ...
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Tawhiri was very angry with his brothers. They disagreed about whether their parents, Rangi ...
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Rona was the daughter of the sea god Tangaroa. She was the Tide Controller. One night she ...
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According to the Maori people of New Zealand, Rangi was the Sky Father and his wife was the ...
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Pele is a fire goddess according to the people of Hawaii. She is a savage and wrathful divinity ...
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Haumea was the goddess of childbirth in Hawaiian mythology. One of her children was the volcano ...
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Maui was a hero of Polynesian mythology. For Maui and his mother the days were too short. For ...
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Makemake was the creator of humanity and the god of fertility in the mythology of the South ...
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As greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere, more of the energy that gets to Earth from the Sun sticks around the planet. This means that the amount of energy coming to Earth is greater than the amount...
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