Myths and Songs from the South PacificH. S. King & Company, 1876 - 328 páginas |
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... gods and heroes and ancestral spirits , who still offer human sacrifices , who in some cases devour their human victims , or , at all events , burn the flesh of animals on their altars , trusting that the scent will be sweet to the ...
... gods and heroes and ancestral spirits , who still offer human sacrifices , who in some cases devour their human victims , or , at all events , burn the flesh of animals on their altars , trusting that the scent will be sweet to the ...
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... gods , and their gradual change into the Roman god of war , Mars , can fail to see the same transition of thought in several of the gods of the storms , of war and destruc- tion among the Polynesians , though here again the similarity ...
... gods , and their gradual change into the Roman god of war , Mars , can fail to see the same transition of thought in several of the gods of the storms , of war and destruc- tion among the Polynesians , though here again the similarity ...
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... God in some of their songs ; e.g. as when Koroa sings ( p . 215 ) : — Oh , for some other Helper ! Some new divinity , to listen To the sad story of thy wasting disease ! As the result of many years ' inquiry into the ancient faith of ...
... God in some of their songs ; e.g. as when Koroa sings ( p . 215 ) : — Oh , for some other Helper ! Some new divinity , to listen To the sad story of thy wasting disease ! As the result of many years ' inquiry into the ancient faith of ...
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... God . Tiaio , king and god . Tane - Ngakiau . Tekuraaki . Song of the shore - king , high priest of Rongo . Derivation of Polynesian word " atua , " or god . A human priesthood needed . Dedication of infants . Naming of children III ...
... God . Tiaio , king and god . Tane - Ngakiau . Tekuraaki . Song of the shore - king , high priest of Rongo . Derivation of Polynesian word " atua , " or god . A human priesthood needed . Dedication of infants . Naming of children III ...
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... gods and men , was half man and half fish , the division being like the two halves of the human body . The species of fish to which this great divinity was allied being the taairangi ( Cetacea ) , or great sea monsters , i.e. por ...
... gods and men , was half man and half fish , the division being like the two halves of the human body . The species of fish to which this great divinity was allied being the taairangi ( Cetacea ) , or great sea monsters , i.e. por ...
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