Story: Te Waonui a Tāne – forest mythology
This diagram shows a wharenui (meeting house). The roof represents Ranginui (sky) and the ground Papatūānuku (earth). The posts separate earth and sky, as Tāne did in the Māori creation tradition.
Source: Tane-nui-a-Rangi. Auckland: University of Auckland, 1988
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