Myths

In the last few weeks we have been reading myths from around the world. Myths are stories that feature super-natural events, heroes, and gods. They are stories from long ago that tell us something about life. We read a Celtic myth about Cuchilainn who was a great warrior who ended up killing his own in battle. We have read some Maori myths : how Tama Rereti made the night stars and how Maui trapped the sun.

We have also tried to write our own myths. Here are some of the class ones.

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Kahe and her new born son set up themselves for a long journey together through the sea water as there needed to be a high born lady to lead the tribe. Kahe herself was as scared as her son, they set off down the misty beach where her kaumatua set around them to pray for them while they accomplished their tribes dream.
Asking her tipuna to watch upon them selves while passing any creatures, kina spikes while walking on rocks, scary currents as they are changing directions. Entering the choppy waves, Kahe’s skin turns prickly as they start their journey along freezing blue water. Getting half way between the currents, her son almost getting as purple as who knows, Kahe quickly changes stroke and says to her son “Be strong, never fail!”.
Arriving at the final destination where people are still sleeping she sneaks up slowly and grabs a cloak as her baby is not breathing. The people quickly warm him up and she starts to breast feed him. They didn’t know why they went but they needed to accomplish some dream for their special tribe.
By FPK
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Once upon a time in a place far far away lived a king a queen who were very cruel and no one liked them.
When their kingdom needed them they never did anything about it.
But when they really needed them they didn’t do anything and some people invaded them ….
They were at war and the king didn’t send any Knights then most of the kingdom was wrecked.
The king still didn’t do anything so this brave blacksmith stepped up to the thousand of people invading them.
Then the blacksmith killed them all and also killed the king and queen and married their daughter and lived happily ever after….

By CF
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The legend of Tu Whero

Long ago in the time off the gods, there lived a man named Tu whero. He was a quiet warrior but one of the most skilled of the tribe named Wheronui. The tohunga Tukoti
Had dreamed that there would be a great war 3 days later and sure enough the war between Ngatuwhatuako and Wheronui had begun. Tu whero knew the tactics of Ngatuwhatuako as he had fought this tribe before. Tu whero told the chief of Wheronui to take his people to the south east of Kaingaroa and there the people waited as the first half of ngatuwhatuako walked by and found out they had walked into a trap, while tu whero and his men were fighting off the other half of ngatuwhatuako. The war lasted 2weeks before wheronui triumphed over ngatuwhatuako. Tu whero was granted superhuman powers by the gods for his courageous acts and any tribe that had the nerve to even fight Wheronui Tu whero was there to tell them to return to your place or go to the underworld where your soul
Will be tormented for ever.

By JE
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Back in the day there was a man half man half beast and he couldn’t control his powers so he ended up doing stuff he didn’t want to.

One day a man came to his house and told him that he could help him with his mysterious powers. And that he knew all about what he’s done, how to control them and how he’s learnt to control his powers.

When he told his new master what the people in the village called him and how they were afraid.

His master replied”I’ll call you beast man if you’d like and then you can call me Mike.”

Beast man asked “when do we start training so that I could learn to control them before I do more harm to the people of my village”.

Mike said”tomorrow beast man so get some rest because we’ll get an early start in the morning.

Two months later the beast man learnt how to control them and the people weren’t afraid in the end but still was a little bit afraid and still locked their doors in case he still walks at night.

By T J

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