“Qui a créé le ciel et la terre ? Taaora était son nom. Il se tenait dans le vide. Taaora appelle, rien ne lui répond, et seul existant, il se change en l’Univers. Taaora est la clarté, le germe et la base : l’Univers n’est que la coquille de Taaora…”(6)
(English translation)
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At evening, Teura explains Tahitian theology to Gauguin.
GAUGUIN: Who created the sky and the earth?
TEURA (Ms): His name was Taaora. He was living in the void. Taaora calls, he doesn’t receive any answer and he becomes the Universe, him, who was the only being. Taaora is the brightness, the seed and the foundation: the Universe is nothing more than his shell. And Taaora slept with the woman called Ohina, goddess of air. And they brought forth Rainbow and Moonlight and then the red clouds and the red rain. And Taaora slept with the woman Ohina, goddess of the bosom of the earth: they brought forth Téfatou, the spirit who animates the earth and who manifests himself through the underground sounds. And Taaora slept with this woman: Beyond the whole Earth. They brought forth two gods Teirii and Rananoua. Then Roo, who came out of his mother’s womb sideways. The same way were born Anger and Storm, the Furious Winds and also the stillness that follows them. And the source of these spirits is in that place from where messengers come. And Taaora slept…(36)
