Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 páginas |
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... sides are covered with pure fat , and whose home is the boundless ocean . Thus one eye of Vātea was human , the other a fish - eye . His right side was furnished with an arm ; the left with a fin . He had one proper foot , and half a ...
... sides are covered with pure fat , and whose home is the boundless ocean . Thus one eye of Vātea was human , the other a fish - eye . His right side was furnished with an arm ; the left with a fin . He had one proper foot , and half a ...
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... 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 Songs .
... 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 Songs .
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... side of the Great Mother , and was designated Raka , or Trouble , who pre- sides , like Aeolus , over the winds . Raka found a congenial home in Moana - Irakau , or Deep - ocean . Raka received from Vari - ma- te - takere a great basket ...
... side of the Great Mother , and was designated Raka , or Trouble , who pre- sides , like Aeolus , over the winds . Raka found a congenial home in Moana - Irakau , or Deep - ocean . Raka received from Vari - ma- te - takere a great basket ...
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... ” “ Surely , friends , he has climbed up from The - thin - land , the home of Vatea . " How ? By breaking through the solid sides of the vast cocoa - nut shell . seen in his dreams . With a favouring current of Myths of Creation . 7.
... ” “ Surely , friends , he has climbed up from The - thin - land , the home of Vatea . " How ? By breaking through the solid sides of the vast cocoa - nut shell . seen in his dreams . With a favouring current of Myths of Creation . 7.
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... side of the island , but was ultimately removed to the west , where the great navigator held communica- tion with these islanders . It is singular that the " Voyages " do not allude to his great stone image , the secondary ...
... side of the island , but was ultimately removed to the west , where the great navigator held communica- tion with these islanders . It is singular that the " Voyages " do not allude to his great stone image , the secondary ...
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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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