Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 pagini |
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Pagina xxiii
... woman in the moon . celestial fish - hook . A day - song for Maaki's fête IV . THE EXPLOITS OF MAUI . Eclipses . A 40 The fire - god's secret . The fire - god's song . The sky - raised ; or , the origin of pumice stone . The sun made ...
... woman in the moon . celestial fish - hook . A day - song for Maaki's fête IV . THE EXPLOITS OF MAUI . Eclipses . A 40 The fire - god's secret . The fire - god's song . The sky - raised ; or , the origin of pumice stone . The sun made ...
Pagina xxiv
... WOMEN . Tapairu ; or , fairy women and men . A song in honour of Mauapa . Prologue to the dramatic fête of Potiki . The fairy of the fountain XII . - DEATH - TALKS AND DIRGES . Ghost - killing . Death - talks . Eva , or dirge - proper ...
... WOMEN . Tapairu ; or , fairy women and men . A song in honour of Mauapa . Prologue to the dramatic fête of Potiki . The fairy of the fountain XII . - DEATH - TALKS AND DIRGES . Ghost - killing . Death - talks . Eva , or dirge - proper ...
Pagina 3
... woman — a demon , of flesh and blood - named Vari - ma - te - takere , or The - very - beginning . Such is the narrowness of her territory that her knees and chin touch , no other position being possible . Vari - ma - te - takere was ...
... woman — a demon , of flesh and blood - named Vari - ma - te - takere , or The - very - beginning . Such is the narrowness of her territory that her knees and chin touch , no other position being possible . Vari - ma - te - takere was ...
Pagina 7
... woman . On one happy occasion he succeeded in clutching her in his sleep , and thus detained the fair sprite as his wife in his home in Te - papa - rairai . Another account asserts that on Vatea's waking from sleep he could discover no ...
... woman . On one happy occasion he succeeded in clutching her in his sleep , and thus detained the fair sprite as his wife in his home in Te - papa - rairai . Another account asserts that on Vatea's waking from sleep he could discover no ...
Pagina 17
... women , as contrasted with the natives of other outlying islands , who were only tuarangi , or evil - spirits in the guise of humanity . Vātea , or Avatea ( = noon - day ) , was thus " the father of the gods and men , " the three ...
... women , as contrasted with the natives of other outlying islands , who were only tuarangi , or evil - spirits in the guise of humanity . Vātea , or Avatea ( = noon - day ) , was thus " the father of the gods and men , " the three ...
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