Do you and your mother have Maori ancestry, by any chance?
That's an interesting poem. I don't think I've come across this kind of mythology, likening earthquakes to the movements of an unborn.
Also, did I tell you that the Linear B syllabic script (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_B ) used for writing Mycenaean Greek in the 17th century BCE, made Greek sound a lot like Japanese? *laughs*
Example: chrysos ('gold)') was written with characters 'ku'-'ru'-'so'. Totally like the way words are adapted to Japanese katakana!
Kiwis are brought up with so much Maori culture that it was only natural to do the same with me. Also, Ngaire is a common Maori name. I'm pretty marked, even though it is fairly certain I've no Maori ancestry.
I met a Maori religious leader, Mackie Wiremu (which would be Mack William, I believe), about ten years ago and he told me a lot about Maori spirituality. He was amazing! He was part of a big group of boys that were taken and brought up specifically as Maori spiritualists. He was so in tune with the earth that I was more than a little amazed.
Anyway, I digress. It makes poetic sense that the child of the earth and sun would be heralded by lava and quakes. It is a beautiful and fearsome thought.
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That's an interesting poem. I don't think I've come across this kind of mythology, likening earthquakes to the movements of an unborn.
Also, did I tell you that the Linear B syllabic script (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_B ) used for writing Mycenaean Greek in the 17th century BCE, made Greek sound a lot like Japanese? *laughs*
Example: chrysos ('gold)') was written with characters 'ku'-'ru'-'so'. Totally like the way words are adapted to Japanese katakana!
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I met a Maori religious leader, Mackie Wiremu (which would be Mack William, I believe), about ten years ago and he told me a lot about Maori spirituality. He was amazing! He was part of a big group of boys that were taken and brought up specifically as Maori spiritualists. He was so in tune with the earth that I was more than a little amazed.
Anyway, I digress. It makes poetic sense that the child of the earth and sun would be heralded by lava and quakes. It is a beautiful and fearsome thought.
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