1. Gods and Maori legends

2. wind and storm war earthquakes and volcanoes The Maori believe many gods. Every gods is assosieted with a element.

3. Gods Here are the gods: -Tawhirimatea: God of the wind and storms -Tane Mahuta: God of the forest and the animals living in them -Tangaroa:God of the sea, rivers, lakes -Tumatauenga: God of war -Rongo: God of peace -Ruaumoko: God of earthquakes and volcanoes -Rongo Ma Tane: God of all cultivated foods -Haumia-tiketike: Guardian spirit of wild food -Whiro: God of evil

4.  The gods are a big family : jihij Papatuanuku and Ranginui are the j parents of every god.

5. Papatuanuku is the mother Earth. Ranginui is the father sky. It’s the most important gods.

6. In the Maori tradition the New-Zealand came out of the sea. Maui went fishing and pulled the north island out of the ocean.

7. The Maori havent got a godstick (a wand) to get to contact with the gods. It’s a wooden stick. The only one a leader or a sorcerer or medecine man can use the godstick.