Option two: Link into Maori
What is Similar as well as being the same about Rangi & Papa in Maori Myths and ledgends to Gaia & Uranus in Greek Mythology.
The story of Rangi & Papa (Ranginui the sky father & Papatuanuki the Earth mother) is that they are both the most important Gods. The reason there being is so important, is for non other than them simply being the earth and sky however they are also important as they bared six male children. Who are obviously Gods as well. Tumatauenga the god of war & people, Tawhirimatea The God of wind and weather, Tane-Mahuta The God of forests and birds, Tangaroa The God of the sea and fish, Rongomatane The god of Cultivated food, and Haumietiketike the God of Uncultivated food.
In the Maori legend, it is said that Rangi & Papa loved each other so much, that they were inseparable. Literally. That they were bonded as one. Which means that there children were doomed to live in total darkness in between the two.
All six of there children wanted only one thing in the world. And that one thing was to see, feel, touch the power of Light.
However some were prepared to do whatever was necessary to get what they wanted.
Tumatauenga The God of War, grew angry at the fact that there parents love for each other meant that they had to live in complete darkness. So he suggested to the other siblings that the only way they could get what they desired the most, was to kill their parents.
Tane-Mahuta didn’t agree, and came up with the idea to to break them apart instead. Rongo, Tangaroa and Haumia-tiketike all liked the idea and tried to separate there parents however there was no success.
Tane Mahuta tried a completely different technique. He lay on his back and pushed his legs up with all his might and mana. Eventually after many attempts he was greated by Te Ao Marama (the light of day). All siblings were happy about there choice, however Tawhiri-matea the God of wind and weather, grew angry at the sound of there parents cries for each other, that he joined Rangi in the void that was called the sky.
Tawhiri-matea down the road ended up having children to spite his brothers and what they did to there parents. His children were known as rain, fog and mist.
And till this day his revenge for his brothers still serves.
The story of Gaia & Uranus is said that Uranus is the heaven God within Greek Mythology. Gaia, The earth mother also known for her fertility, as well as being the creator of Pontus the sea and Orea the mountains and of course created Uranus. As Uranus rained upon the world and met Gaia during night fall, it is said that they (Uranus and his mother Gaia) bared children also known as Titans, These children were Mnemosyne, Tethys, Theia, Phoebe, Rhea, Themis, Oceanus, Hyperion, Coeus, Cronus, Crius, and Iapetus.
Apart from there obvious reasons, like being myths and legends for people to believe in they are also the same in which it is to do with gods of the Earth and sky/heaven, and how they are loves who had children that help humans to live. The differences go so fare fetched as to in Greek mythology the earth mother sleeps with his son and that in Maori mythology they were one. However in the end both gave people hope that what they lived on, how the sky changed from day to night, how the weather felt against there skin.
Apart from there obvious reasons, like being myths and legends for people to believe in they are also the same in which it is to do with gods of the Earth and sky/heaven, and how they are loves who had children that help humans to live. The differences go so fare fetched as to in Greek mythology the earth mother sleeps with his son and that in Maori mythology they were one. However in the end both gave people hope that what they lived on, how the sky changed from day to night, how the weather felt against there skin.
