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		In the mythology of the Maori of New Zealand Papa is the personification of the Earth and is a female goddess.
		Rangi could not part from his beloved Papa and their embrace stopped the growth of plants, trees and fruit on the earth as well as crushing their offspring.
		Rangi was known as Raki by the Nghaitahu of the South Island of New Zealand and they said the mists are the sighs of Papa for Raki, and the morning dew is the tears of Raki for Papa.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/p/papa.html (141 words)

	Papa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Papa Lazarou, a fictional character from The League of Gentlemen
		A lot of languages (often unrelated) have words with labial consonants and open vowels as their word for "father" and "mother"; /papa/ is just one example.
		A discussion of this phenomenon can be found in the article Mama and papa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Papa (223 words)

	That Wacky Cast of Characters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mythology Fertility god and Lord of the Elves, Freyr was one of the Vanir, and came to Asgard as part of a truce between the Aesir and the Vanir, along with his sister Freyja.
		Mythology The goddess of richess, love, and war, Freyja was readily known for wearing the beautiful necklace of Brisings (which in one myth she acquired by sleeping with four dwarves).
		Mythology Hel is the daughter of Loki and Angrboda, a giantess, and the sister of Jormungand and Fenrir.
	nyahnyah.net /blog/loki/cast.html (1910 words)

	Pere. Who is Pere? What is Pere? Where is Pere? Definition of Pere. Meaning of Pere.
		In Polynesian mythology, Pere is the goddess of the Pacific Ocean.
		She wanted to travel so her mother (Tahinariki, Haumea or Papa) have her a jar with the ocean in it and a magical yacht.
		Her mother was Tahinariki, Haumea or Papa, and her father was, respectively, ???, Kane Milohai, Rangi.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Pere (89 words)

	Papa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In Polynesian mythology (specifically: Maori), Papa is the motherEarth, wife of the sky god, Rangi.
		Fog is said to be the sighs ofloneliness of Papa, while the dew is the tears of Rangi.
		Papa is a name commonly used for a father, and as such, is anothername for the Pope of the RomanCatholic church.
	www.therfcc.org /papa-55424.html (208 words)

	Hawaiian Mythology: Part Three. The Chiefs: XX. Papa and Wakea
		Papa is unsuspicious and consents to the tapus.
		The child of Papa is born deformed without arms or legs and is buried at night at the end of the long house.
		Papa was in heavy travail with the island Kanaloa (Kahoolawe).
	www.sacred-texts.com /pac/hm/hm22.htm (2982 words)

	Papa and Wakea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The wife Papa, a word applied in Hawaii to a flat surface or layer, symbolizes the warm upper layer of earth, where lies the fertilized seed awaiting the period of maturity to spring into life.
		Only in a brief peroration to Papa at the close of the thirteenth section is the story noticed of Wakea's deception of Papa, the taboos imposed, and the birth of the embryo Long-stalk and the living son Haloa.
		Papa's traditional life as a woman in the land of Lua is transferred to Haumea or perhaps originally told of La'ila'i.
	www.allstarz.org /religioustext/pac/ku/ku23.htm (1930 words)

	Mythology of the Maori of Aotearoa / New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mythology of the Maori of Aotearoa / New Zealand
		In the mythology of the Maori of New Ze aland / Aotearoa, Papa is the personification of the Earth and is a female g oddess.
		After its recognition the ideas that this i s national and that this is foreign, that a particular person is fit for the citizenship of a particula r country while others are not, or have less claim or no rights at all, cann ot stand.
	www.pahealthsystems.com /message148338.html (4190 words)

	Papa Legba
		Papa Legba is commonly depicted as an old man sprinkling water or an old man with a crutch, and is also known as Legba or Legba Ati-Bon.
		In any vodoun ceremony, Legba is the first loa invoked, so that he may "open the gate" for communication between the worlds.
		Article "Papa Legba" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 05 April 2001 (Revision 2).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/p/papa_legba.html (107 words)

	PBS: Holo Mai Pele - Hawaiian Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Haumea was the mother of Namakaokaha'i, Goddess of the oceans; of Pele, Goddess of the volcano; of the Hi'iaka sisters who ruled the billowing lava flows and medicinal herbs that first grew from new lava; and of Kapo'ulakina'u, Goddess of 'anaa'ana (the prayers to cause death and to bring the dead back to life).
		Red was the color of sanctity, as well as the color of menstrual blood, and during their monthly cycles women may have been most kapu, or sacred; certainly it is the time when women were most sensitive to the suggestions of the ancestors.
		The female Hale o Papa temples were named for the goddess Papahanaumoku (ancient ancestor) — the woman who gave birth to islands, the earth mother who mated with her brother Wakea, the sky father, and to whom were born the Hawaiian islands, the sacred kalo plant, and the Hawaiian people.
	www.pbs.org /holomaipele/myth2.html (1280 words)

	Maori mythology and history - origin myths and folklore of the Maori of New Zealand
		In Polynesian mythology, people, the elements and every aspect of nature are descended from the one primal pair, the Sky Father and the Earth Mother.
		At last, in the void of empty space, a glow appeared, the moon and the sun sprang forth and the heavens were made light.
		In mythology the feat of Maui in providing land ranks only after the separation of Earth and Sky in the story of creation.
	maori.info /maori_history.htm (4009 words)

	Chapter II. Maori Cosmogony and Mythology
		Afterwards came Rangi (=Heaven), Papa (=Earth), the Winds, and other Sky-powers, as are recorded in the genealogical traditions preserved to the present time.
		Tangaroa was accused of having committed adultery with Papa, and Rangipotiki, armed with his spear, went to obtain satisfaction.
		Papa said to him "Go to your ancestor Rangahore." So Tane went, and took that female for a wife, who brought forth stone.
	www.sacred-texts.com /pac/mrm/mrm04.htm (1879 words)

	papa - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Papa, Papa, papa, papa (m), papá : AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
		Phrases that include papa: papa doc, te papa tongarewa, anthony papa, barbe Ã papa, bob papa, more...
		Words similar to papa: dad, daddy, dada, pa, pappa, pater, pop, old man, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=papa&ls=a (258 words)

	Oceanic Mythology: Part I. Polynesia: Chapter I. Myths of Origins and the Deluge
		IN considering the mythology of these peoples it will be most convenient to begin with the cosmogonic myths, for these are not only in themselves very interesting, as presenting unusual features, but also show, in an unmistakable manner, the composite character of the mythology as a whole.
		It is usual to speak of the Polynesian origin-myths as if they formed a substantially uniform system, to comment on their rather surprisingly philosophic aspect, and to indulge in somewhat vague theorizing in an attempt to explain conditions and the peculiar resemblances to the myths of other parts of the world.
		And Rangi set plants and trees to cover the nakedness of Papa, for her body was bare, placing insects of all kinds appropriate to the various sorts of vegetation, and giving their stations to the shellfish and the crabs and various sorts of living things.
	www.sacred-texts.com /pac/om/om06.htm (9751 words)

	10-yr-old takes two bullets to save his dad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Waseem's family had moved from their mohalla at Bagh-e-Mehtab just threedays ago to their relative's house at Bemina to avoid the wrath of SpecialOperation Group (SOG) of Police, who were allegedly harassing them.Waseem's father, Abdul Majeed, had been arrested by SOG for harbouringmilitants.
		Papa and me were having the morning tea.
		Papa also pushed him and the bullet hit the othermilitant standing on the door in the leg.'' The child and his father hadmanaged to push the militant out of the door and were trying to lock it.
	www.indianexpress.com /ie/daily/20001106/ina06043.html (595 words)

	ZDAG - Details for Carry On Papa
		Zaveri, Papa, emigrated thirty years ago from India and is now living a comfortable life in the United States with his wife and American born son and daughter.
		Papa's wishes come true when on advice from his playboy friend; he hires a gorgeous twenty-two year-old part time model - Lolita - as his secretary.
		New to this flirtation game along with his suspicious wife and children, Papa fumbles and trembles many times but is determined to carry out his KUDUK adventure to the finish line.
	www.zdag.com /movieDisplay.jsp?movieID=3554 (270 words)

	Creation Myths of New Zealand and Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		At the creation, the Earth goddess, Papa, and her husband Rangi, the sky god, were so much in love that they hugged each other and would not let go.
		Papa gave birth to several children, but they were stuck between their parents and could not escape.
		And the mists that rise from the ground are Papa's sighs.
	www.mythome.org /creatnza.html (266 words)

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		The embrace of the sky with the earth was viewed by the Maoris as a passionate embrace between a male and a female.
		This embrace prevented the creation which had to be accomplished through the separation of the sky from the earth by their divine children trapped in the womb of the Mother Earth.
		He paddled his canoe to the refuge of the demon and in a desperate struggle he defeated the demon and liberated the girl from the demon's maw.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /mythology/source/Polynesia.txt (2078 words)

	Introduction: Mythology
		In fact, mythology played a big part in shaping what we are today, all of us, in all cultures.
		So mythology is the collection of stories (myths), supernatural beings, deities, symbols, and belief systems of a culture.
		Their mythologies shaped their lives and affected their beliefs giving them some sense of security and order and something to hold on to in their frightening world.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/mythology/9233 (614 words)

	► » Mythology of the Maori of Aotearoa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In the mythology of the Maori of New Zealand
		/ Aotearoa, Papa is the personification of the Earth and is a female goddess.
		(Papa) was permitted to act on that Consciousness (Rangi).
	www.science-one.org /detail-5285259.html (3190 words)

	TANAHAKA - www.tanahaka.de - Mythology
		One of Tane's brothers, the god of winds Tawhiri, did not want his parents to be separated and expressed his wrath hurling storms and hurricanes against Tane's forests.
		To understand Maori values and Maori issues related to the Motueka catchment, it is essential to start with an understanding of Maori mythology, Maori migration and tribal origins, Maori ancestry, history, conflicts, relocation, and settlement and land tenure up to present day.
		In Maori mythology, the North and South Islands of New Zealand originated in the time of the demigod Maui.
	www.tanahaka.de /myth.htm (1535 words)

	Chapter I: Myths of Origins and the Deluge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		again, omit all reference to an original chaos, and without attempting to account for Rangi and Papa simply assume their existence, and then go on in much detail to describe the birth of Rangi's various progeny by a series of wives, who are usually given as six.
		Papa said to him, 'Go to your ancestor Ranga-hore.' So Tane went, and took that female for a wife, who brought forth stone.
		Then Rangi clave unto Papa, the Earth Mother, and held her close in his embrace, and as he lay thus prone upon Papa, all his offspring of gods which were born to him, both great and small,
	www.allstarz.org /religioustext/pac/om/om06.htm (9746 words)

	ULTW The Three Bears Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Papa Bear comes up with a plan for dinner: they'll lure Goldilocks with their hot carrot soup and "WHAM!" But Bugs Bunny gets wise to their plan early on.
		Papa Bear decides it's time for the three bears to hibernate in order to have a good winter's nap.
		After each failed attempt Papa rereads the newspaper ad and sees it is from April 1928, he tries to commit suicide only to spoiled by Junior.
	tultw.com /bios/bears.htm (593 words)

	Tawhiri
		His parents were the Rangi and the Papa.
		He expresses his wrath against land and sea because they are under the authority of his brothers the sea god, Tangaroa, and the forest god, Tane.
		At one time, Rangi and Papa were in a constant embrace, which trapped their children inside Papa.
	www.windows.umich.edu /mythology/tawhiri_wind.html (337 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Slang (Pap-Pas) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Papa is slang for an older homosexual man.
		Papa is Black-American slang for a male lover or husband.
		Papbroek is South African slang for a coward, a weak and ineffectual man.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /ZP2.HTM (599 words)

	Papa Roach Poster Celebrity Posters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		'''Papa''' can refer to:{{wiktionary}}* The letter P in the NATO phonetic alphabet.* Name of mother Earth according to Polynesian mythology.
		See Papa (drama).* In Hinduism, bad merits that occur due to bad deeds.* The town of Pápa in Hungary.* The word "father" or a variation of it, in many languages (see below).* The Spanish word for potato (in some dialects) and slang for "food".
		* Papa Lazarou, a fictional character from The League of GentlemenA lot of languages (often unrelated) have words with labial consonants and open vowels as their word for "father" and "mother"; /papa/ is just one example.
	www.postersale.co.uk /50145_Papa-Roach-Poster_celebrity-poster.html (159 words)

	Maori Mythology and Culture
		He represents the sky and in Maori mythology, is the founding father of mankind.
		Rangi and Papa were husband and wife, locked in an embrace.
		They were separated by their son Tanemahuta (god of the forest).
	www.atonz.com /new_zealand/maoriculture.html (1158 words)

	Writing.Com: Mama's Boy
		I hear Papa repeat his warning, “Jay, don’t wake her,” as I hear him shuffle through the front door.
		I can only hear her chuckle and tell Papa how cute I look, and the last thing I remember is Papa asking her to come to bed.
		Papa is the only one who ends up catching some, though Mama also manages to capture a tiny one, then screams when the slippery thing jumps out of her hands and slaps its tail against her face.
	www.writing.com /view/627835 (3040 words)

	a silent empire. the poetry of papa osmubal @ http://www.geocities.com/birdandegg/
		PAPA OSMUBAL is a member of PEN International, Hong Kong Chapter.
		Papa Osmubal is a Macau resident of Filipino origins.
		He is married to a Chinese local, has two children, one 4-year old Filipino-Chinese girl and one 2-year old Chinese-Filipino boy.
	www.geocities.com /birdandegg/empire.html (771 words)

	Maori Mythology
		Tane was assigned a new task; after separating Rangi and Papa, he ascended to Io and asked him for the three baskets which contained all knowledge, especially that "pertaining to the Sky Father and the Earth Mother".
		For the function of this, Io-of-all-knowledge was to re-enforce the old beliefs with the sanction of a supreme deity who would match the Christian gods.
		The god Tane was most often considered to be the actual generative agent who impregnated a woman he formed from earth.
	www.janeresture.com /polynesia_myths/newzealand.htm (987 words)

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