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... chief object of worship at Tahiti and most of the Leeward Islands . His seat was the marae , 1 or sacred grove , at Opoa , on the island of Raiatea ; whence this worship extended to all the neighbouring islands , and throughout the ...
... chief object of worship at Tahiti and most of the Leeward Islands . His seat was the marae , 1 or sacred grove , at Opoa , on the island of Raiatea ; whence this worship extended to all the neighbouring islands , and throughout the ...
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... chiefs of the first settlers on Mangaia . Their wives were respectively named Tepotatango , Angarua , and Ruange . Then came Papaaunuku , son of Tane - papa - kai , or Tane - giver - of - food . When Tane died he was worshipped by his ...
... chiefs of the first settlers on Mangaia . Their wives were respectively named Tepotatango , Angarua , and Ruange . Then came Papaaunuku , son of Tane - papa - kai , or Tane - giver - of - food . When Tane died he was worshipped by his ...
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... chiefs the younger named Tangiia , the elder Tutapu . Now the lands of the younger adjoined those of their only sister , and it chanced that one or two branches of a bread - fruit tree of hers , growing close to the boundary line ...
... chiefs the younger named Tangiia , the elder Tutapu . Now the lands of the younger adjoined those of their only sister , and it chanced that one or two branches of a bread - fruit tree of hers , growing close to the boundary line ...
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... chief . Tutapu remained a considerable time on Atiu . Children were born to him ; some of his descendants afterwards reached Man- gaia in a drift canoe , founding a tribe devoted to furnish human sacrifices . Hearing that Tangiia was ...
... chief . Tutapu remained a considerable time on Atiu . Children were born to him ; some of his descendants afterwards reached Man- gaia in a drift canoe , founding a tribe devoted to furnish human sacrifices . Hearing that Tangiia was ...
Pagina 26
... chief . When the three brothers - Ruanuku , Kereteki , and Motoro — were halfway on their voyage to Mangaia , a violent quarrel sprang up , the two elder brothers united in throwing Motoro into the sea , where he miserably perished ...
... chief . When the three brothers - Ruanuku , Kereteki , and Motoro — were halfway on their voyage to Mangaia , a violent quarrel sprang up , the two elder brothers united in throwing Motoro into the sea , where he miserably perished ...
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Pagina 33 - PARKER (Joseph), DD The Paraclete : An Essay on the Personality and Ministry of the Holy Ghost, with some reference to current discussions.
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Pagina 36 - Heredity : A Psychological Study on its Phenomena, its Laws, its Causes, and its Consequences. Large crown 8vo, gs. ROBERTSON, The late Rev. FW, MA Life and Letters of. Edited by the Rev. Stopford Brooke, MA I. Two vols., uniform with the Sermons. With Steel Portrait. Crown 8vo, 7*.