Read the excerpt from the Haida creation myth.

Instead, he decided, his daughter would just have to give it away to another woman. But the daughter refused. She had grown to love the baby, despite his irritable behavior.

Read the excerpt from the Maori creation myth.

Tane was driven to hide in his forests, which Tahwiri destroyed with horrible floods. Tangora was thrown into the sea, where he was attacked by the wind and lightning. Rongo and Haumia took refuge in the earth, shielding themselves in Papa’s embrace.

Based on these excerpts, how do the Haida and Maori cultures view the mother-child relationship?

Question

Read the excerpt from the Haida creation myth.

Instead, he decided, his daughter would just have to give it away to another woman. But the daughter refused. She had grown to love the baby, despite his irritable behavior.

Read the excerpt from the Maori creation myth.

Tane was driven to hide in his forests, which Tahwiri destroyed with horrible floods. Tangora was thrown into the sea, where he was attacked by the wind and lightning. Rongo and Haumia took refuge in the earth, shielding themselves in Papa’s embrace.

Based on these excerpts, how do the Haida and Maori cultures view the mother-child relationship?

Razor · Answer

The Haida culture views the relationship in a normal, caring way. How someone sees a baby all left alone, or they want to take care of it like they spent their entire lives preparing for this child and they have it, when it comes to a point where they can't afford it, they STILL want to take care of it. It's part of parental instinct.

The Maori culture views nature as mother-nature, fierce, destructive, caring in other ways 
indirectly... Earth is papa, and the humans are the children of Earth and mother nature