Questions tagged [new-zealand]

For questions about the mythology of the indigenous people of New Zealand, a country in the South Pacific Ocean near Polynesia.

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Why did Tāne marry his own daughter?

In Maori mythology, the progenitor of humanity was Tāne, a child of Father Sky and Mother Earth. In the more popular version of the tale, Tāne - desiring a mate - created the first woman using the soil of Kurawaka. Her name is Hineahuone, and…
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