Friday, December 21, 2018

NZ Maori origins


What nation of the table of nations in Genesis 10 do the NZ Maoris &/or the Polynesians come from?

It looks to me like the Maoris are either/both Hamite (Cushite, and maybe some Canaanite) and/or Japhethite (Madai and/or Javan).

Noah ~ Nuwi? Nu'u? Moa(i)? Roua? Lo(w)a? Tangaroa/Kanaloa? Rongo? Rangi-Nui? Niue?

Japheth ~ Fati/Fadu? Avatea? Tawhiri? Tawhaki? Yap? Tahiti/Papeete?
|-- Gomer
| |- Ashkenaz
| |- Riphath
| '- Togarmah ~ Tonga? Tangaroa?
|- Magog ~ Maori?
|- Madai ~ Malayan? Marae?
|-- Javan ~ Java? Hawaiki?
| |- Elishah
| |- Tarshish
| |- Kittim ~ Fiji/Viti? Tahiti?
| '- Dodanim
|- Tubal ~ Tuvalu?
|- Meshech
'- Tiras

Ham ~ Ma(h)ui? Haumea/Haumia? Guam?
|-- Cush ~ Ku? Kupe?
| |- Seba
| |- Havilah ~ Hawaiki?
| |- Sabtah ~ Sabah?
| |- Sabteca
| |-- Raamah ~ Ruaumoko? Marama?
| | |- Sheba
| | '- Dedan
| '- Nimrod ~ Mataroa/Mataora? Maru?
|-- Mizraim ~ Ra?
| |- Anamim
| |- Pathrusim
| |- Lehabim
| |- Ludim
| |- Naphtuhim
| |- Caphtorim
| '-- Casluhim
|   '- Philistim
|- Put ~ Po? Punga? Papuan?
'-- Canaan ~ Kanaloa?
  |- Sidon
  |- Heth ~ Fiji/Viti? Tahiti?
  |- Jebusite
  |- Amorite ~ Maori? Moriori?
  |- Girgashite
  |- Hivite ~ Hiva?
  |- Sinim ~ Sina?
  |- Arvadite
  |- Zemarite
  |- Arkiite
  '- Hamathite

Shem ~Samoa? Sina? Haumea? Semang?
|- Elam
|- Asshur ~ ...?
|- Lud
|-- Aram/Ram ~ Ra?
| |- Uz
| |- Hul ~ Uru? Hula?
| |- Gether
| '- Mash
'-- Arphaxad
  |
Kenan
  |
Shelah
  |
Eber
  |- Peleg ~ Pele?
  '- Joktan
    |- Almodad
    |- Sheleph
    |- Hazarmaveth
    |- Hadoram
    |- Jerah
    |- Abimael
    |- Uzal
    |- Diklah
    |- Obal
    |- Sheba ~ Hiva? Sina? Hapai/Haapai?
    |- Havilah ~ Hawaiki?
    |- Ophir
    '- Jobab.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_tree_of_the_M%C4%81ori_gods

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