Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 pagini |
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Pagina 18
... described as joint " kings , " or " Nga ariki . " The entire body of their descendants were there- 1 A plantain leaf lying before me is eleven feet long and three broad . fore called by the shorter form " Ngariki . " 18 Myths and Songs .
... described as joint " kings , " or " Nga ariki . " The entire body of their descendants were there- 1 A plantain leaf lying before me is eleven feet long and three broad . fore called by the shorter form " Ngariki . " 18 Myths and Songs .
Pagina 21
... body . She herself is dependent on three prior existences destitute of human form . The earth is not made , but is a thing dragged up from the shades ; and is but the gross outward form of an invisible essence still there . At least ten ...
... body . She herself is dependent on three prior existences destitute of human form . The earth is not made , but is a thing dragged up from the shades ; and is but the gross outward form of an invisible essence still there . At least ten ...
Pagina 24
... body = was eaten by the victors . Tangiia himself never landed on Mangaia , the island which is so intimately associated with the history of several of his children . It is needful to distinguish this Tangiia , who is unquestionably an ...
... body = was eaten by the victors . Tangiia himself never landed on Mangaia , the island which is so intimately associated with the history of several of his children . It is needful to distinguish this Tangiia , who is unquestionably an ...
Pagina 26
... body of pure spring water gurgling up in the midst of the sea . Here they resolved to refresh themselves with a bath after their adventurous voyage . But as the aperture in the sharp coral will not admit of two large men bathing ...
... body of pure spring water gurgling up in the midst of the sea . Here they resolved to refresh themselves with a bath after their adventurous voyage . But as the aperture in the sharp coral will not admit of two large men bathing ...
Pagina 27
William Wyatt Gill. It was well - known that Motoro's body was devoured by sharks ; but then it was asserted that his spirit floated on a piece of hibiscus I over the crest of the ocean billows until it reached Mangaia , where it was ...
William Wyatt Gill. It was well - known that Motoro's body was devoured by sharks ; but then it was asserted that his spirit floated on a piece of hibiscus I over the crest of the ocean billows until it reached Mangaia , where it was ...
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