Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 páginas |
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... Vari - ma - te - takere , or The - very - beginning . Such is the narrowness of her territory that her knees and chin touch , no other position being possible . Vari - ma - te - takere was very anxious for progeny . One day she plucked ...
... Vari - ma - te - takere , or The - very - beginning . Such is the narrowness of her territory that her knees and chin touch , no other position being possible . Vari - ma - te - takere was very anxious for progeny . One day she plucked ...
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... Vari - ma - te - takere tore off a second bit from that same right side , and it became Tinirau , or In- numerable , who , like his brother , had a second and fishy form .あ The sort of fish which composed his half fish body 4 Myths and ...
... Vari - ma - te - takere tore off a second bit from that same right side , and it became Tinirau , or In- numerable , who , like his brother , had a second and fishy form .あ The sort of fish which composed his half fish body 4 Myths and ...
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... Vari - ma - te - takere took a bit off her left side , and it became Tango , or Support , who went to live at Enua - Kura , 2 or The - land - of - red - parrot - feathers . A fourth child was produced from a bit of the same left side ...
... Vari - ma - te - takere took a bit off her left side , and it became Tango , or Support , who went to live at Enua - Kura , 2 or The - land - of - red - parrot - feathers . A fourth child was produced from a bit of the same left side ...
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... Vari i te āiti ; E tuarangi kai taro mata I na turanga pure ē ! O Vātea metua e pua ua ake . Pua ua o Vātea , O Papa i te itinga , O Vari - ma - te - takere I tapākāu ana ē ! Ie taia ia Maukurautaroa Te rua i te matangi , e Vātea ē ! That ...
... Vari i te āiti ; E tuarangi kai taro mata I na turanga pure ē ! O Vātea metua e pua ua ake . Pua ua o Vātea , O Papa i te itinga , O Vari - ma - te - takere I tapākāu ana ē ! Ie taia ia Maukurautaroa Te rua i te matangi , e Vātea ē ! That ...
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... Vari = Beginning . This important word is used when describing the commencement of any new order of things . The Great Mother herself is Vari - ma - te - takere . Strangely enough , at the sister island of Rarotonga this word no longer ...
... Vari = Beginning . This important word is used when describing the commencement of any new order of things . The Great Mother herself is Vari - ma - te - takere . Strangely enough , at the sister island of Rarotonga this word no longer ...
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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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