#if only i could be ugly like that pic at least it’s uglycool
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(&:) Reblog if you’re an offspring of Punga and/or are most likely descended from fish and/or lizards.
In Māori mythology, Punga is the ancestor of sharks, rays, lizards and all distorted, ugly things. It is said that all deformed things are Punga’s children, hence the expression “Te aitanga a Punga” (the offspring of Punga) sometimes being used to describe a physically unattractive person.
Punga is the son of Tangaroa, the god of the sea. He also has two sons himself, Ikatere and Tū-te-wehiwehi, who are the ancestors of certain fish and lizards respectively.
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#punga#offspring of punga#maori myths#maori folklore#animal ancestors#IT ME#if only i could be ugly like that pic at least it’s uglycool#does punga adopt ugly whities or is this cultural ugliness appropriation
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