Te Tohunga: The Ancient Legends and Traditions of the Maoris
by W. Dittmer
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About this eBook
- Author
- Dittmer, W. (Wilhelm), 1866-1909
- Title
- Te Tohunga: The ancient legends and traditions of the Maoris
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
- Subject
- Folklore -- New Zealand
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 54610
- Release Date
- April 26, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.TE TOHUNGA
- 2.LIST OF CONTENTS
- 3.LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4.GLOSSARY
- 5.PREFACE
- 6.Introduction — HIS SONG
- 7.I TIKI—THE ANCESTOR OF MANKIND
- 8.II THE CREATION OF HAWAIKI
- 9.III THE POI-DANCE — TRADITION
- 10.IV THE CREATION OF THE STARS
- 11.V THE CHANT OF RANGI-NUI
- 12.VI TANE—THE CREATION OF NATURE
- 13.VII THE FIGHT OF NIGHT AND DAY. — TRADITION.
- 14.VIII MAUI—THE CREATION OF NEW ZEALAND — TE IKA A MAUI
- 15.IX MAHUIKA — TRADITION
- 16.X MAUI AND MAHUIKA
- 17.XI THE DEATH OF MAUI
- 18.XII TE AROHA O THE LOVE OF HINEMOA
- 19.XIII MAUI AND IRAWARU: A TRADITION
- 20.XIV THE PATU-PAIAREHE: THE FAIRY PEOPLE OF THE MOUNTAINS — The Children of the Mist By James Cowan.
- 21.XV TIHI-O-TE-RANGI
- 22.XVI THE BATTLE OF THE GIANTS — THE GIANTS
- 23.XVII THE COMING OF THE MAORI.
- 24.XVIII TRADITION—TAMA-TE-KAPUA — TRADITION.
- 25.XIX A TANGI — TE REINGA, THE MAORI SPIRIT-LAND
- 26.XX NGAWAI. — THE BURIAL OF TE HEU-HEU ON TONGARIRO
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