Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 páginas |
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... earth to end his days there , without thinking of Selene and Endymion , of Eos and Tithonos ? Who again , if acquainted with the Vedic myth of the Maruts , † the strikers , the Storm - gods , and their gradual change into the Roman god ...
... earth to end his days there , without thinking of Selene and Endymion , of Eos and Tithonos ? Who again , if acquainted with the Vedic myth of the Maruts , † the strikers , the Storm - gods , and their gradual change into the Roman god ...
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... earth or in the ocean became Tangaroa's ; the rest , i.e. the great bulk , was Rongo's . Thus of the numerous varieties of taro , only one - a reddish sort ( kakā kura ) was Tangaroa's ; the rest being sacred to Rongo . Amongst the ...
... earth or in the ocean became Tangaroa's ; the rest , i.e. the great bulk , was Rongo's . Thus of the numerous varieties of taro , only one - a reddish sort ( kakā kura ) was Tangaroa's ; the rest being sacred to Rongo . Amongst the ...
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... earth , and sea , are hers . The ninth night of every moon was sacred to her . Yet Vari is incapable of speech , and lives in darkness , her solace being the constant society of an affectionate daughter . In the description of her first ...
... earth , and sea , are hers . The ninth night of every moon was sacred to her . Yet Vari is incapable of speech , and lives in darkness , her solace being the constant society of an affectionate daughter . In the description of her first ...
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... earth is not made , but is a thing dragged up from the shades ; and is but the gross outward form of an invisible essence still there . At least ten heavens are built of azure stone , one above another ( to correspond with the different ...
... earth is not made , but is a thing dragged up from the shades ; and is but the gross outward form of an invisible essence still there . At least ten heavens are built of azure stone , one above another ( to correspond with the different ...
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... earth , from ( S ) avai ( k ) i , the original home of men and gods , a land in some places much like this , in others filled with horrors . It was , in their opinion , self - evident that all drift canoes were mere waifs predestined to ...
... earth , from ( S ) avai ( k ) i , the original home of men and gods , a land in some places much like this , in others filled with horrors . It was , in their opinion , self - evident that all drift canoes were mere waifs predestined to ...
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