Papatūānuku and Ranginui
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Papatūānuku and Ranginui
This painting of Papatūānuku (the earth mother) and Ranginui (the sky father) is from Carter Observatory, in Wellington. In one tradition, fern root is the hair of Haumia-tiketike, the god of uncultivated foods, protruding from Papatūānuku.
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