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lecture 2 - the beginning of the world Flashcards

1
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What is an ‘Atua’?

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A god, spirit being, ancestor of ongoing influence

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What is the word for ‘an ancestor of ongoing influence’?

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Atua

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What is a Tohunga?

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Expert, priest or scholar, with knowledge endowed by atua to perform particular activities

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Where does Tohunga knowledge originate?

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With the atua, from the spiritual domain

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Who acts as a medium between atua and humanity?

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Tohunga

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Who do karakia address?

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The atua, performed by tohunga

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What is the controversy surrounding Io?

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Some scholars think Io is a later tribal tradition developed in response to the monotheism of Christianity, others believe that Io is an ancient tradition

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Who was the key Nga Puhi tohunga (1924-1993)?

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Māori marsden

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According to the Nga Puhi Io narrative, where did Io exist eternally before initiating creation?

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In Te Korekore - the realm of potential being

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According to the Nga Puhi Io narrative, what is Te Korekore?

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The ‘realm of potential being’ where Io existed before creation

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According to the Nga Puhi Io narrative, what are the 3 epochs that form the ‘seed-bed of creation’?

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Te Korekore (void), Te Kowhao (Abyss), Te Po (night)

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According to the Nga Puhi Io narrative, what does Io implant into the first seed to enable the growth of creation?

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Mauri (life principle)

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According to the Nga Puhi Io narrative, what does Io breathe into creation to form structures of the material natural world, such as the sky, earth, spirit world?

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Hau-ora (breath of life)

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According to the Nga Puhi Io narrative, what is Io’s influence on Rangi and Papa’s offspring?

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He implants rebelliousness in them so they will seek light - Te marama

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According to the Ngati Kahungunu Io story, who does Io-mantua-te-kore unite with?

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Papa-tu-a-nuku-matua-te-kore, in Te Kore (the void)

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According to the Ngati Kahungunu Io story, what is the final stage in the development of the world from te po to te Ao?

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The union of Rangi and Papa with their child Tane continuing devlopment of world with Io’s help, eventually Rangi and Papa are seperated by Tane and his brothers

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According to the Ngati Kahungunu Io story, what does Tane use to seperate Rangi and Papa?

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4 toko (poles)

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According to the Ngati Kahungunu Io story, what happens to Tane after defeating his brother Whiro after the separation?

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He climbs to Io and undergoes purification to become Tane-nui-a-rangi

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According to the Ngati Kahungunu Io story, what does Io give Tane?

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The 3 baskets of knowledge, and 2 sacred stones

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According to the Ngati Kahungunu Io story, what does Tane do with Io’s gift of baskets of knowledge and sacred stones?

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Returns to earth and deposits them in whare -kura

21
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Who is the key Te Arawa tohunga?

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Te Rangikaheke

22
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Who is the key Ngai Tahu tohunga?

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Matiaha Tiramorehu

23
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In the Te Arawa separation narrative, which brother proposes separation?

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Tane-mahuta

24
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In the Te Arawa separation narrative, which brother proposes killing the parents?

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Tu-mata-uenga

25
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In the Te Arawa separation narrative, which brother disagrees with the tikanga of the separation and first attacks the other brothers with Rangi ?

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Tawhiri-matea - he allies with Rangi with strong winds and weather

26
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In the Te Arawa separation narrative, who attacks the brothers and eats them as utu?

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Tu-mata-uenga

27
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In the Ngai Tahu separation narrative, what is the name given to Ranginui?

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Rakinui (Raki)

28
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In the Ngai Tahu separation narrative, who was Papa’s first husband?

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Takaroa/Tangaroa

29
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In the Ngai Tahu separation narrative, who is Papa’s second husband?

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Raki

30
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In the Ngai Tahu separation narrative, why are Raki’s offspring sickly and weak?

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Because he is beaten by Takaroa who fights him on the beach

31
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In the Ngai Tahu separation narrative, who suggests the separation of Raki and Papa?

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Raki himself - instructs Tane to seperate them so that light will grow

32
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In the Ngai Tahu separation narrative, what does Tane decorate his father with?

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Stars

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In the Ngai Tahu separation narrative, who is Tane’s daughter, who he also couples with incestuously?

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Hine-a-tauira

34
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In the Ngai Tahu separation narrative, where does Hine-a-tauira run away to afte finding out who Tane is?

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Te Po

35
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In the Ngai Tahu humanity creation narrative, what is the name of the human created from Hawaiki’s earth?

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Tiki-auaha

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In the Ngai Tahu humanity creation narrative, what is the name of the female partner created from earth and water by Tane?

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Io-wahine

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In the Ngai Tahu humanity creation narrative, how does Tane establish the roles of the different excretory organs of the body?

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Experimentally copulates with various parts of Io-wahine’s body

38
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In the Ngati Kahungunu humanity creation narrative, what is the name for the female element?

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Uha/uwha

39
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In the Ngai Tahu humanity creation narrative, what does Tane create the female form from?

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Earth from the puke (mons pubis) of Papa

40
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In the Ngai Tahu humanity creation narrative, how is life breathed into Hine?

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Tane breathes life into Hine and then sneezes - the sneeze of life (Tihe Mauri Ora)

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In the Ngai Tahu humanity creation narrative, what is the name for Hine when she marries Tane after her creation?

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Hine-ahu-one

42
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In the Ngai Tahu humanity creation narrative, who becomes Hine-nui-te-po when she flees o the underworld?

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Tane’s daughter, after discovering she has married him

43
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What does Tu-mats-uenga represent?

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War, violence, warrior

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