Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 pagini |
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Pagina 40
... cooked the fish . Four divisions were made ; the parents eating their portions at once . The mother would not agree to her husband's suggestion to wake the children to partake of the warm and savoury midnight feast . she carefully put ...
... cooked the fish . Four divisions were made ; the parents eating their portions at once . The mother would not agree to her husband's suggestion to wake the children to partake of the warm and savoury midnight feast . she carefully put ...
Pagina 42
... cooked fish of Potiki . They stealthily rose , and ran and fled for ever . Alas ! that a mother should thus ill- treat her children . Such was not my ( father's ) wish ; and when I intercede , She will not relent . She thrashes them ...
... cooked fish of Potiki . They stealthily rose , and ran and fled for ever . Alas ! that a mother should thus ill- treat her children . Such was not my ( father's ) wish ; and when I intercede , She will not relent . She thrashes them ...
Pagina 52
... cooked food . On the following day Buataranga was about to descend to Avaiki ( nether - world ) , when Māui followed her through the bush without her knowing it . This was no difficult task , as she always came and returned by the same ...
... cooked food . On the following day Buataranga was about to descend to Avaiki ( nether - world ) , when Māui followed her through the bush without her knowing it . This was no difficult task , as she always came and returned by the same ...
Pagina 57
... From that memorable day all the dwellers in this upper world used fire - sticks with success , and enjoyed the luxuries of light and cooked food . To the present time this primitive method of obtaining fire The Exploits of Maui . 57.
... From that memorable day all the dwellers in this upper world used fire - sticks with success , and enjoyed the luxuries of light and cooked food . To the present time this primitive method of obtaining fire The Exploits of Maui . 57.
Pagina 61
... cooked before the sun had set . Nor could a " karakia , " or incantation to the gods , be chanted through ere they were overtaken by darkness . Māui resolved to remove this great evil . Now Ra , or the Sun , is a living creature and ...
... cooked before the sun had set . Nor could a " karakia , " or incantation to the gods , be chanted through ere they were overtaken by darkness . Māui resolved to remove this great evil . Now Ra , or the Sun , is a living creature and ...
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