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... 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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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*.