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Identifying common features Of myths and legends (Magical creatures…
Identifying common features
Of myths and legends
Not following laws and physics
Maui Fish Hooking The Sun
A tree standing back up a day after it had fallen
Grain Of Truth
Maybe the Māori people in the stories (Who probably have died)
Based off a true story
Religious
Greek Mythology
Maori
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Its one of those things which some people believe, some people dont.
Magical creatures
Things that wouldn't really exist
Gods???
E.g. Unicorns, Pegasus, Dragons, Werewolves, Fairies, Vampires etc.
The magical creatures are very similar to animals or people like unicorn - horse with a horn on it's head with magical powers or vampire - an evil person with long fangs which suck blood
Mythical creatures
Unicorns
Pegasus
Dagons
Werewolves
Fairies
Vampires
Mermaids
Leprechauns
Noch ness monster
chimera
Sphinx
Yeti
Griffin
Kappa
Basilisk
Centaur
Troll
These are all in fairy tales & myths
Ghoul
Imp
Ghost
Manticore
Hippogriff
Pixie
Merman
Sea Serpent
Salamanders
Kelpie
Erlking
Redcap
Hippocampus
Set back in time
When there were no phones, computers etc.
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People lived differently, wore different clothes and behaved differently (different language)
It could be made up to entertain children with nothing to do and has been passed down through the years.
Gods and Goddesses
Here are some examples for some Māori gods:
https://www.google.co.nz/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=māori+gods&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&gfe_rd=cr&ei=TIhVWYa1C8zr8Aer2KXQCA
E.g. The Rain God and the Sun God from the story "A Piece Of Paradise" which told of how the Southern Cross arrived in our sky
Different types
God of the forest
Water god
light
Fire god
sky
Earth
Wild food plants
weather and storms
War and hunting
Sea
Death
Demigod
heaven god
Sun God
Rain God
God and Goddess numbers
The real problem comes from Hinduism which according the their scriptures has 320 million gods, Some Hindu's will say there is only one god with 320 million forms, but certainly enough believe in this total that they would exceed your 100,000 limit and therefore the total would be over 320,000,000 gods.
Why do Maori people have tattoos under their lower lip :tada:
Its called a Moko
Boys have it on their whole face
Girls have it under their chin
To represent the Māori religion by the Māori patterns
Traditions
A Moko is a visual language that connects to we are of their whakapapa (A line of descendants of someone's ancestors)
Diversity
Being different
Showing strengths and weaknesses
To look fierce
Family History
Links
The traditional colors
Black
Green
Red
Dark Green
Brown