Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 páginas |
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... Manihiki . Māui enslaving the sun . The sky raised . Māui's last and greatest achievement 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 ...
... Manihiki . Māui enslaving the sun . The sky raised . Māui's last and greatest achievement 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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... MANIHIKI ( KORERO MANIHIKI ) . On the island of Rarotonga once lived Manuahifare and his wife Tongoifare , offspring of the god Tangaroa . Their eldest son was named Māui the First , the next Māui the Second . Then fol- 1 Manihiki ...
... MANIHIKI ( KORERO MANIHIKI ) . On the island of Rarotonga once lived Manuahifare and his wife Tongoifare , offspring of the god Tangaroa . Their eldest son was named Māui the First , the next Māui the Second . Then fol- 1 Manihiki ...
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... Manihiki , extinguished the lighted stick . Three times this process was repeated . The fourth time all the firebrands were gone , and Tangaroa had to fetch two dry sticks to rub together , in order to produce fire . Maui held the under ...
... Manihiki , extinguished the lighted stick . Three times this process was repeated . The fourth time all the firebrands were gone , and Tangaroa had to fetch two dry sticks to rub together , in order to produce fire . Maui held the under ...
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... Manihiki . Iku made sail for Rarotonga to tell what he had seen . The three brothers Māui heard Iku tell his story of this sub- marine island , and determined to get possession of it for them- selves . Accordingly , without giving the ...
... Manihiki . Iku made sail for Rarotonga to tell what he had seen . The three brothers Māui heard Iku tell his story of this sub- marine island , and determined to get possession of it for them- selves . Accordingly , without giving the ...
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... Manihiki ! As the island neared the surface , the canoe in which the three brothers were , broke in two with the mighty straining of Māui the Younger . His two brothers were precipitated into the ocean and drowned . Luckily for Maui the ...
... Manihiki ! As the island neared the surface , the canoe in which the three brothers were , broke in two with the mighty straining of Māui the Younger . His two brothers were precipitated into the ocean and drowned . Luckily for Maui the ...
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