Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 páginas |
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... of thought and feeling , the im- portance of a knowledge of the language for a correct apprecia- tion of what it was meant to convey in the expression of religious thought and feeling , requires no proof . I have X Preface .
... of thought and feeling , the im- portance of a knowledge of the language for a correct apprecia- tion of what it was meant to convey in the expression of religious thought and feeling , requires no proof . I have X Preface .
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... tion among the Polynesians , though here again the similarity in the name of Maru is purely accidental . In some of the Polynesian islands the Deluge is said to have lasted exactly forty days . This , no doubt , is startling . It may be ...
... tion among the Polynesians , though here again the similarity in the name of Maru is purely accidental . In some of the Polynesian islands the Deluge is said to have lasted exactly forty days . This , no doubt , is startling . It may be ...
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... tion , Vātea scraped a quantity of cocoa - nuts and scattered handfuls down all the chasms in his territory . Some time after- wards he found that from the bottom of one cave , named Taeva- rangi , or The - celestial - aperture , the ...
... tion , Vātea scraped a quantity of cocoa - nuts and scattered handfuls down all the chasms in his territory . Some time after- wards he found that from the bottom of one cave , named Taeva- rangi , or The - celestial - aperture , the ...
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... tion with these islanders . It is singular that the " Voyages " do not allude to his great stone image , the secondary representation of Rongo , which must have been visible from the boat of the Resolution . Reference is made to the ...
... tion with these islanders . It is singular that the " Voyages " do not allude to his great stone image , the secondary representation of Rongo , which must have been visible from the boat of the Resolution . Reference is made to the ...
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... tion . It was asserted that whenever this detested divinity took up his abode in any individual , it was made evident by his skin assuming a blood - red colour , and the dying man would , with supernatural strength , fight imaginary ...
... tion . It was asserted that whenever this detested divinity took up his abode in any individual , it was made evident by his skin assuming a blood - red colour , and the dying man would , with supernatural strength , fight imaginary ...
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