Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Tāwhirimātea (Tāwhiri), the Māori god of weather and storms — the son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku who alone opposed the separation of his parents and made
Tū, the common short name of Tūmatauenga, the Māori god of war and humankind — the fierce son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku who stood alone against the
Papatūānuku (Papa), the primordial earth-goddess of Māori mythology — the great Earth Mother from whom all living things spring, parted in grief from the
Ranginui (Rangi), the primordial sky-god of Māori mythology — the great Sky Father locked in embrace with the earth-mother Papatūānuku until their
Tūmatauenga (Tū), the Māori god of war and humankind — the fierce son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku who stood alone against the storm-god Tāwhirimātea and
The Wolpertinger, the legendary chimerical creature of Bavarian folklore — a fantastical horned, fanged, winged rabbit-beast assembled from many animals,
The Roggenmuhme, a corn-spirit and field-bogey of German folklore — the “Rye-Mother” of the ryefields, a frightening hag invoked to keep children out of
The Nachzehrer, a kind of undead revenant of German and Slavic-border folklore — a corpse that chews and devours its own shroud and flesh in the grave,
The Moss People (Moosleute), the little forest-spirits of German folklore — a shy, grey, moss-clad race of wild wood-folk who dwell in the deep woods,
The Heinzelmännchen, the helpful little house-gnomes of German folklore famous in the legend of Cologne — tiny sprites who did all the townsfolk’s work by
