As Greek mythology goes, the universe was once a big soup of nothingness. Then, two things happened: either Chaos or Gaia created the universe as we know it, or Ouranos and Tethys gave birth to the first beings.
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Maya is a Scottish writer, strategist and creative living in the wilds of New Zealand. Over the last three years she has embarked on an in-depth study of the archeology, ancient myths and belief systems of pre-Christian Oceania.
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