Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 páginas |
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Página xxiv
... Miru . Sneezing . A farewell chanted at a reed - throwing match for women . IX . — VEÊTINI ; OR , THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL . Vaipo's dirge for Veêtini . The closing or day - song for Tenio's fête . Veêtini meeting his father . Dirge ...
... Miru . Sneezing . A farewell chanted at a reed - throwing match for women . IX . — VEÊTINI ; OR , THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL . Vaipo's dirge for Veêtini . The closing or day - song for Tenio's fête . Veêtini meeting his father . Dirge ...
Página 130
... Miru's awful oven ever blazing in Hades . The art of war was learnt from Tukaitaua and Tutavake , denizens of nether - land . The intoxicating draught was copied from that which the hateful mistress of the invisible world presents to ...
... Miru's awful oven ever blazing in Hades . The art of war was learnt from Tukaitaua and Tutavake , denizens of nether - land . The intoxicating draught was copied from that which the hateful mistress of the invisible world presents to ...
Página 154
... Miru . Birds , fish , and rats ; the mantis , beetle , and centipede ; the cocoa - nut tree , the pandanus , the myrtle , the morindo citrifolia , and the yam , -all abound in Hades , either for the support or adornment of immortals ...
... Miru . Birds , fish , and rats ; the mantis , beetle , and centipede ; the cocoa - nut tree , the pandanus , the myrtle , the morindo citrifolia , and the yam , -all abound in Hades , either for the support or adornment of immortals ...
Página 160
... of the mysterious bua tree . In either case the END of all who die a natural death is to be cooked and eaten by Miru , her children and followers . Motoro have a branch to themselves , the worshippers of 160 Myths and Songs .
... of the mysterious bua tree . In either case the END of all who die a natural death is to be cooked and eaten by Miru , her children and followers . Motoro have a branch to themselves , the worshippers of 160 Myths and Songs .
Página 161
... Miru , generally called " the ruddy " ( Miru Kura ) , because her face reflects the glowing heat of her ever - burning oven . The hag feeds her unwilling visitors with red earth - worms , black beetles , crabs , and small blackbirds ...
... Miru , generally called " the ruddy " ( Miru Kura ) , because her face reflects the glowing heat of her ever - burning oven . The hag feeds her unwilling visitors with red earth - worms , black beetles , crabs , and small blackbirds ...
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aere anau apai ariki atua Auraka Avaiki bird brother calabash canoe Chorus CIRCA Cloth cocoa-nut Crown 8vo dance Demy 8vo descended divine enua fairy Fcap fête fish ghosts gods human Illustrations International Scientific Series INUINU iron-wood island kake kava king Koroa kura land Mangaia Manihiki marae Maruata matangi Matonga Māui metua Miru Moko mother Motoro myth native nether-world Nganaoa Ngaru night nunga ocean OFFSHOOT oven pandanus Papa peace Poems post 8vo priest Rangi Rarotonga Rata rocks Rongo Sacred Isle Savai'i Second Edition shades shark slain Small crown 8vo Solo song spirit-land spirits stone Tane Tangaroa tangi Tangiia Tapairu Tarauri taua Tautiti te anau tere thee thou Tiki Tinirau Tonga Tongatea tree tribe UNUUNU upper world Vari-ma-te-takere Vatea Veêtini victim vols wife
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