Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 páginas |
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... fair - haired and fair - skinned children of Tan- garoa , " and " the dark - haired and dark - skinned children of Rongo ; both the offspring of Great Vātea . There is an undercurrent of yearning after the True God in some of their ...
... fair - haired and fair - skinned children of Tan- garoa , " and " the dark - haired and dark - skinned children of Rongo ; both the offspring of Great Vātea . There is an undercurrent of yearning after the True God in some of their ...
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... fair sprite as his wife in his home in Te - papa - rairai . Another account asserts that on Vātea's waking from sleep he could discover no trace of the fair one . He searched in all directions for her - but in vain . At length it ...
... fair sprite as his wife in his home in Te - papa - rairai . Another account asserts that on Vātea's waking from sleep he could discover no trace of the fair one . He searched in all directions for her - but in vain . At length it ...
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... fair thief . His visions were realized ; this lovely one confessed that she had again and again ascended to his house above in The - thin - land in order to win him as her future husband . She correctly guessed that Vātea would never ...
... fair thief . His visions were realized ; this lovely one confessed that she had again and again ascended to his house above in The - thin - land in order to win him as her future husband . She correctly guessed that Vātea would never ...
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... there . The parents declared that Tangaroa carried the palm for beauty ; whilst Rongo excelled in abundance . The term " meika " includes bananas and plantains . Upon the same principle all fair - haired children ( 12 Myths and Songs .
... there . The parents declared that Tangaroa carried the palm for beauty ; whilst Rongo excelled in abundance . The term " meika " includes bananas and plantains . Upon the same principle all fair - haired children ( 12 Myths and Songs .
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... fair - haired children live with the fair - haired god in distant lands . Very few natives have light hair , a colour greatly disliked amongst themselves , but in their view suitable to foreigners . To this day a golden - haired child ...
... fair - haired children live with the fair - haired god in distant lands . Very few natives have light hair , a colour greatly disliked amongst themselves , but in their view suitable to foreigners . To this day a golden - haired child ...
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