Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 pagini |
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Pagina 24
... reached Atiu , where he stayed awhile . But the insatiate Tutapu followed him even to Atiu , many hundreds of miles from Tahiti . Tangiia again took flight — this time to Rarotonga , which was destined to become the home of this ...
... reached Atiu , where he stayed awhile . But the insatiate Tutapu followed him even to Atiu , many hundreds of miles from Tahiti . Tangiia again took flight — this time to Rarotonga , which was destined to become the home of this ...
Pagina 27
... reached Mangaia , where it was pleased to " inhabit " or " possess " Papaaunuku , and driving him into a frenzy , compelled him to utter his oracles from a foaming mouth . This was just the sort of divinity that Rangi , the first king ...
... reached Mangaia , where it was pleased to " inhabit " or " possess " Papaaunuku , and driving him into a frenzy , compelled him to utter his oracles from a foaming mouth . This was just the sort of divinity that Rangi , the first king ...
Pagina 29
... reaching the ocean , forsook the form of the eel and took possession of the large white shark , the terror of these islanders . The new divinity had a little marae set apart for his worship , close by the more sacred grove of Motoro ...
... reaching the ocean , forsook the form of the eel and took possession of the large white shark , the terror of these islanders . The new divinity had a little marae set apart for his worship , close by the more sacred grove of Motoro ...
Pagina 32
... frenzied possession of men and women . These were the divinities of recent human origin . The lowest depth of heathen degradation is unconsciously reached in the worship of phallic stones , such as 32 Myths and Songs .
... frenzied possession of men and women . These were the divinities of recent human origin . The lowest depth of heathen degradation is unconsciously reached in the worship of phallic stones , such as 32 Myths and Songs .
Pagina 33
William Wyatt Gill. reached in the worship of phallic stones , such as still exist in Tinian , one of the Ladrone Islands . The scene was one of great interest- -a natural grotto converted into a heathen temple , outside of which these ...
William Wyatt Gill. reached in the worship of phallic stones , such as still exist in Tinian , one of the Ladrone Islands . The scene was one of great interest- -a natural grotto converted into a heathen temple , outside of which these ...
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