Question

The Maori people of New Zealand believe that the world began in darkness.

They say it was dark because Rangi, the sky father, and Papa, the earth mother, were lying together, keeping out of the light.

Rangi and Papa had many children who were all gods (神). Their children did not like the darkness, so one of them, Tane, the god of the forests, made his mother leave his father. After that, the sky stayed far above the Earth, and let the light in.

Later, Tane was living on the Earth. He wanted to have a wife. There was no woman around, so he made one from sand. He breathed (呼出) life into her, and she became the first human(人類).

As Tane breathed life into his wife, he knew that the breath of life would one day leave her. So it was that humans were not like gods — they could not live all the time.

回答下面5個問題,每題答案不超過5個詞。

1.What do the Maori people believe?

2.Who was Papa?

3.Why did the sky stay far above the Earth?

4.What god made the first woman?

5.How are the humans different from gods?

Answer 1