Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 páginas |
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... cooked the fish . Four divisions were made ; the parents eating their portions at once . The mother would not agree to her husband's suggestion to wake the children to partake of the warm and savoury midnight feast . she carefully put ...
... cooked the fish . Four divisions were made ; the parents eating their portions at once . The mother would not agree to her husband's suggestion to wake the children to partake of the warm and savoury midnight feast . she carefully put ...
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... cooked fish of Potiki . They stealthily rose , and ran and fled for ever . Alas ! that a mother should thus ill- treat her children . Such was not my ( father's ) wish ; and when I intercede , She will not relent . She thrashes them ...
... cooked fish of Potiki . They stealthily rose , and ran and fled for ever . Alas ! that a mother should thus ill- treat her children . Such was not my ( father's ) wish ; and when I intercede , She will not relent . She thrashes them ...
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... cooked food . Upon tasting it , he was decidedly of opinion that it was a great improvement upon the raw diet to which he was accustomed . This food came from nether - world ; it was evident that the secret of fire was there . To nether ...
... cooked food . Upon tasting it , he was decidedly of opinion that it was a great improvement upon the raw diet to which he was accustomed . This food came from nether - world ; it was evident that the secret of fire was there . To nether ...
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... cooked food . On the following day Buataranga was about to descend to Avaiki ( nether - world ) , when Māui followed her through the bush without her knowing it . This was no difficult task , as she always came and returned by the same ...
... cooked food . On the following day Buataranga was about to descend to Avaiki ( nether - world ) , when Māui followed her through the bush without her knowing it . This was no difficult task , as she always came and returned by the same ...
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... From that memorable day all the dwellers in this upper world used fire - sticks with success , and enjoyed the luxuries of light and cooked food . To the present time this primitive method of obtaining fire The Exploits of Maui . 57.
... From that memorable day all the dwellers in this upper world used fire - sticks with success , and enjoyed the luxuries of light and cooked food . To the present time this primitive method of obtaining fire The Exploits of Maui . 57.
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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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