Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 páginas |
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... four feet from each other , and a similar rope runs between them , three or four feet lower , being connected with the upper ropes by more slender ropes , also usually of birch twigs twisted together , but sometimes of grass , and ...
... four feet from each other , and a similar rope runs between them , three or four feet lower , being connected with the upper ropes by more slender ropes , also usually of birch twigs twisted together , but sometimes of grass , and ...
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... four sorts of fish - all scarlet , besides lobsters , fell to Tangaroa . The silvery , striped , spotted , and black were all Rongo's . Thus Rongo became very rich ; Tangaroa comparatively poor . The twin gods made a grand feast , each ...
... four sorts of fish - all scarlet , besides lobsters , fell to Tangaroa . The silvery , striped , spotted , and black were all Rongo's . Thus Rongo became very rich ; Tangaroa comparatively poor . The twin gods made a grand feast , each ...
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... 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 away their portions ...
... 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 away their portions ...
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... four shine brightly : the parents Potiki and Tarakorekore , being larger , exceed their children in brilliancy . Brother and dearly - loved sister , still linked together , pursue their never - ceasing flight , resolved never again to ...
... four shine brightly : the parents Potiki and Tarakorekore , being larger , exceed their children in brilliancy . Brother and dearly - loved sister , still linked together , pursue their never - ceasing flight , resolved never again to ...
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... four attractive daughters was simply named Ina . Marama ( Moon ) , who from afar had often admired her , became so enamoured of her charms that one night he descended from his place in the heavens to fetch her to be his wife . The ...
... four attractive daughters was simply named Ina . Marama ( Moon ) , who from afar had often admired her , became so enamoured of her charms that one night he descended from his place in the heavens to fetch her to be his wife . The ...
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