OceaniaBy Heather Frystak

People

• Three different regions

• Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia

• The people were in a group as few as 300 people in patriarchal clans.

Creation

• Primordial void• Rangi and Papa were

together in a static embrace

• Rangi and Papa not a human form

• Heaven, Earth, and Hell

Tane

• Offspring of Rangi and Papa

• Forest• Trees• Birds

Haumia

• Associated with the fern

• Wild plants• Vegetables• Uncultivated food• Offspring of Rangi and

Papa

Tangaroa

• Sea• Forced to stay there

by his brother Tawhiri

Punga

• Punga son of Tangaroa• Tu-te-wehiwehi son of

Punga• Father of reptiles

Ikatere

• Ikatere son of Tangaroa

• Father of all sea creatures including mermaids

Tu

• God of War• Most Jealous of the

brothers• Gets back at his

siblings• Treated with greatest

respect and awe

Tawhiri

• God of the elements

• Wind• Storms• Hurricanes

Maui

• Trickster God• Rebel• Seducer• Established

Hierarchies• Brought up northern

islands• Rohe is his wife• Gave the world fire• Took appearance as a

pigeon

Rongo

• God of cultivating Plants

• Food• Like yams and

taro