Кому на самом деле поклоняются атеисты

[vitus_wagner]

The space was termed atea and pervaded with a spirit personified as Atea.

Above was Atea (Space) and below was Rua (Abyss). The land was Havai‘i, the birthplace of other lands, gods, kings, and man.

From Ta‘aroa and Atea, who figures in the early part of this mythological period as a female, the god Tane was born as a viable mass without form. Skilled artisans were called to shape Tane. They came in pairs, carrying their kits of stone tools slung over their shoulders, but at the sight of the majesty of Atea, they retired in fear. Then Atea herself assumed the task of shaping Tane, and successively formed all the anatomical details associated with the human body, including the boring of the external ear passages with a fine spiral shell. After these many plastic operations, duly enumerated in myth, Tane assumed perfect form and became the god of beauty (te atua o te purotu).
(Te Rangi Hiroa, "Vikings of the Sunrise").

Comments

[vitus_wagner]

Да, промахнулся я немножко. Надо было по русскому переводу цитировать. Тогда эта придирка не пришла бы в голову.