Question

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

Answer 1

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. 

Answer 2

The Haida and Maori cultures view the mother-child relationship as:

Both view mothers as willing to sacrifice themselves for their children.  

Compared to the Haida myth, which focuses on creating light and people, the Māori myth focuses mostly on the relationship between parts of nature.

The Maori creation myth tells the story how humans were born and how nature helped in their birth by sacrificing themselves. According to this creation myth, the earth and heaven were once joined as Ranhinui.   Papatuanuku was the sky father and the mother Ranhinui was the Earth and they had many children. The children lived in the darkness and wanted to live in the light. The children separated the parents in order to live in the light. The parents continue to grieve for each other until the present day.

The Haida creation myth is about a trickster named Raven who stole the sun, the moon and the stars in order to bring light to his created world. He created animals, fish, trees, men, and all the creatures but they lived in darkness because of which he stole light.