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the earth mother. Tāne separates his parents from their marital embrace until his father the sky is high above mother earth. Tāne then sets about clothing his mother with vegetation. The birds and the trees of the forest are regarded as Tāne’s
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This article is about the particular individual tree in New
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111:Coordinates
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608:Categories
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354:References
271:Tree girth
242:Jōmon Sugi
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342:See also
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