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Polynesian Mythology

George Grey

NonfictionSpiritualityabout 10 h 30 min of listening

A collection of Māori mythology covering the start of the universe through to the spread of Māori tribes through New Zealand’s North Island.

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. Preface to the First Edition
  3. Preface to the Second Edition
  4. The Children of Heaven and Earth
  5. The Legend of Māui
  6. The Legend of Tāwhaki
  7. The Legend of Rupe
  8. The Legend of Kae’s Theft of the Whale
  9. The Legend of Tūwhakararo
  10. The Legend of Rātā
  11. The Legend of Toitehuatahi and Tamatekapua
  12. The Discovery of New Zealand
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  1. Construction of Canoes to Emigrate to New Zealand
  2. The Voyage to New Zealand
  3. The Curse of Manaia
  4. The Legend of Hatupatu and His Brothers
  5. Legend of the Emigration of Turi
  6. Legend of the Emigration of Manaia
  7. The Story of Hinemoa
  8. The Story of Marutūāhu, the Son of Hotunui, and of Kahureremoa, the Daughter of Paka
  9. The Two Sorcerers
  10. The Magical Wooden Head
  11. The Art of Netting Learned by Kāhukura from the Fairies
  12. Te Kanawa’s Adventure with a Troop of Fairies
  13. The Loves of Takarangi and Raumahora
  14. Stratagem of Puhihuia’s Elopement with Te Ponga
  15. The History of Pāoa, the Ancestor of the Ngāti Pāoa Tribe
  16. Appendix I: On the Native Songs of New Zealand
  17. Appendix II: On New Zealand and Polynesian Ethnology
  18. Endnotes
  19. List of Illustrations
  20. Colophon
  21. Uncopyright

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Source: Standard Ebooks. CC0 1.0 (Standard Ebooks edition); the text is in the public domain

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