</noinclude> [[Image:WahineTane.jpg|right|260px|thumb|right|Papa and Rangi held each other in a tight embrace]] In Māori mythology the primal couple Rangi and Papa (or Ranginui and Papatuanuku) appear in a creation myth explaining the origin of the world.
In Māori mythology the primal couple Rangi and Papa (or Ranginui and Papatuanuku) appear in a creation myth explaining the origin of the world.