Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 páginas |
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... chief object of worship at Tahiti and most of the Leeward Islands . His seat was the marae , 1 or sacred grove , at Opoa , on the island of Raiatea ; whence this worship extended to all the neighbouring islands , and throughout the ...
... chief object of worship at Tahiti and most of the Leeward Islands . His seat was the marae , 1 or sacred grove , at Opoa , on the island of Raiatea ; whence this worship extended to all the neighbouring islands , and throughout the ...
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... chiefs of the first settlers on Mangaia . Their wives were respectively named Tepotatango , ' Angarua , and Ruange . Then came Papaaunuku , son of Tane - papa - kai , or Tane - giver - of - food . When Tane died he was worshipped by his ...
... chiefs of the first settlers on Mangaia . Their wives were respectively named Tepotatango , ' Angarua , and Ruange . Then came Papaaunuku , son of Tane - papa - kai , or Tane - giver - of - food . When Tane died he was worshipped by his ...
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... chiefs the younger named Tangiia , the elder Tutapu . Now the lands of the younger adjoined those of their only sister , and it chanced that one or two branches of a bread - fruit tree of hers , growing close to the boundary line ...
... chiefs the younger named Tangiia , the elder Tutapu . Now the lands of the younger adjoined those of their only sister , and it chanced that one or two branches of a bread - fruit tree of hers , growing close to the boundary line ...
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... chief . Tutapu remained a considerable time on Atiu . Children were born to him ; some of his descendants afterwards reached Man- gaia in a drift canoe , founding a tribe devoted to furnish human sacrifices . Hearing that Tangiia was ...
... chief . Tutapu remained a considerable time on Atiu . Children were born to him ; some of his descendants afterwards reached Man- gaia in a drift canoe , founding a tribe devoted to furnish human sacrifices . Hearing that Tangiia was ...
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... chief . When the three brothers - Ruanuku , Kereteki , and Motoro - were halfway on their voyage to Mangaia , a violent quarrel sprang up , the two elder brothers united in throwing Motoro into the sea , where he miserably perished ...
... chief . When the three brothers - Ruanuku , Kereteki , and Motoro - were halfway on their voyage to Mangaia , a violent quarrel sprang up , the two elder brothers united in throwing Motoro into the sea , where he miserably perished ...
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