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... Māui enslaving the sun . The sky raised . and greatest achievement ... ... Māui's last 51 V. - TREE MYTHS . The myth of the cocoa - nut tree . Tahitian myth of the cocoa - nut tree . The iron - wood tree . Ono fells a famous tree ...
... Māui enslaving the sun . The sky raised . and greatest achievement ... ... Māui's last 51 V. - TREE MYTHS . The myth of the cocoa - nut tree . Tahitian myth of the cocoa - nut tree . The iron - wood tree . Ono fells a famous tree ...
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... Māui . In all , there were said to be ten separate heavens , rising one above the other into immensity . These con- stituted the Elysium of the brave . Here , too , was the home of Tangaroa , the scarcely worshipped god of day . Upon ...
... Māui . In all , there were said to be ten separate heavens , rising one above the other into immensity . These con- stituted the Elysium of the brave . Here , too , was the home of Tangaroa , the scarcely worshipped god of day . Upon ...
Pagina 51
... Māui . At an early age Māui was appointed one of the guardians of this upper world where mortals live . Like the rest of the inhabitants of the world , he subsisted on uncooked food . The mother , Buataranga , occasionally visited her ...
... Māui . At an early age Māui was appointed one of the guardians of this upper world where mortals live . Like the rest of the inhabitants of the world , he subsisted on uncooked food . The mother , Buataranga , occasionally visited her ...
Pagina 52
... Māui that the pigeon should be restored to him uninjured . Maui now set off in high spirits , carrying with him his red pigeon , to the place where his mother had descended . Upon pronouncing the magic words which he had overheard , to ...
... Māui that the pigeon should be restored to him uninjured . Maui now set off in high spirits , carrying with him his red pigeon , to the place where his mother had descended . Upon pronouncing the magic words which he had overheard , to ...
Pagina 53
... Māui Māui avowed that he had come to learn Buataranga said , " This secret rests with the fire - god Mauike . When I wish to cook an oven , I ask your father Ru to beg a lighted stick from Mauike . " Māui inquired where the fire - god ...
... Māui Māui avowed that he had come to learn Buataranga said , " This secret rests with the fire - god Mauike . When I wish to cook an oven , I ask your father Ru to beg a lighted stick from Mauike . " Māui inquired where the fire - god ...
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