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Author : Karl von den Steinen
Publisher : Nicholson
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Folklore
ISBN : UOM:39015015466462
Author : Karl von den Steinen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:470994996
Author : Herman C. Kemp
Publisher : Yayasan Obor Indonesia
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9794614831
Author : Robert Dean Craig
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781576078952
An accessible, concise reference source on Polynesia's complex mythology, product of a culture little known outside its home. Encounters with the West introduced Polynesian mythology to the world—and sealed its fate as a casualty of colonialism. But for centuries before the Europeans came, that mythology was as vast as the triangle of ocean in which it flourished, as diverse as the people it served, and as complex as the mythologies of Greece and Rome. Students, researchers, and enthusiasts can follow vivid retellings of stories of creation, death, and great voyages, tracking variations from island to island. They can use the book's reference section for information on major deities, heroes, elves, fairies, and recurring themes, as well as the mythic implications of everything from dogs and volcanoes to the hula, Easter Island, and tattooing (invented in the South Pacific and popularized by returning sailors).
Author : Robert Dean Craig
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1989-10-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780313069468
Prior to 1500 A.D. the Polynesians were the most widely spread people on earth, having settled an area of the Pacific, the Polynesian Triangle, twice the size of the United States. In this first reference guide to the mythology of these Vikings of the Pacific, Craig reviews Polynesian legends, stories, gods, goddesses, and heroes in hundreds of alphabetical entries that succinctly describe both characters and events. His wide-ranging and thorough introduction sets the subject in its geographic, historical, anthropological, and linguistic contexts, offering an illuminating overview of the origin of the Polynesians as a distinct people and tracing their voyages and settlements from Indonesia to Malaysia, Tonga, Samoa, the Marquesas, the various islands of eastern Polynesia, including Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand. The introduction presents fascinating information on Polynesian navigational skills and the voyages themselves, as well as a chart that details the evolution of the thirty Polynesian languages and compares cognates from several of these languages. A simplified pronunciation guide and a selected list of Polynesian dictionaries and/or grammars are provided for those interested in pursuing the richness of the Polynesian languages. This introductory survey gives readers the necessary background to understand the origin, development, and dispersion of the myths throughout the Pacific basin. The Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology is the result of many years of research. The individual entries were gleaned from nearly 300 sources in English, German, French, and Polynesian languages with the majority extracted from a number of primary sources that date generally in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The printed source materials for this volume are fully described and listed by geographical group, including Maori, Cook Islands, Tahitian, Marquesan, Hawaiian, Samoan, and Tongan. General collections that retell the Polynesian stories are also surveyed. The entries are alphabetically arranged by major mythological figure; lesser characters can be located in the index. Short bibliographical citations--author, date, and page number--are included at the end of each main entry to direct readers to fuller information contained in the printed sources. An appendix provides valuable supplemental information on Polynesian gods and goddesses. This dictionary is sure to become a basic reference tool for libraries, students, and scholars of Pacific history and culture, as well as for courses in mythology, religion, and philosophy.
Author : Sir James G. Frazer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136852220
Sir James G. Frazer (1854-1941) is famous as the author of The Golden Bough, but his work ranged widely across classics, cultural history, folklore and literary criticism as well as anthropology. A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, for 62 years, Sir James G. Frazer devoted his life to research. This volume was first published in 1930.
Author : Luigi Piccardi,W. Bruce Masse
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862392161
"This book is the first peer-reviewed collection of papers focusing on the potential of myth storylines to yield data and lessons that are of value to the geological sciences. Building on the nascent discipline of geomythology, scientists and scholars from a variety of disciplines have contributed to this volume. The geological hazards (such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and cosmic impacts) that have given rise to myths are considered, as are the sacred and cultural values associated with rocks, fossils, geological formations and landscapes. There are also discussions about the historical and literary perspectives of geomythology. Regional coverage includes Europe and the Mediterranean, Afghanistan, Cameroon, India, Australia, Japan, Pacific islands, South America and North America. Myth and Geology challenges the widespread notion that myths are fictitious or otherwise lacking in value for the physical sciences." -- BOOK JACKET.
Author : Robert W. Williamson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107625747
Originally published in 1933, this book forms one of two volumes on the religious, mythical and cosmic structures of Central Polynesia.
Author : Nicholas Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015017020952
Marquesan society has long captured the interest of observers, in part because of unfamiliar institutions such as polyandry. Based on a critical study of a wide range of sources, this is the first book to provide a clear account of early Marquesan social relations and culture. Thomas's analysis of a dynamic and highly fluid Chiefly society and its encounters with early European visitors and traders encompasses wider debates about the nature of gender relations in Polynesian societies, small scale hierarchical structures, cultural transformation, and longer-term change. Linking specific features of early Marquesan society, its contact with foreigners, and the longer-term transformations of eastern Polynesian societies, this will be a key source for Pacific studies.
Author : Sharyn Jones O'Day,Wim Van Neer,Anton Ervynck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782979111
This book is the first in a series of volumes which form the published proceedings of the 9th meeting of the International Council of Archaeozoology (ICAZ), held in Durham in 2002. The 35 papers present a series of case studies from around the world. They stretch beyond the standard zooarchaeological topics of economy and ecology, and consider how zooarchaeological research can contribute to our understanding of human behaviour and social systems. The volume is divided into two parts. Part 1, Beyond Calories, focuses on the zooarchaeology of ritual and religion. Contributors discuss ways to approach questions of ritual and religion through the faunal record, and consider how material culture depicting and/or associated with animals can provides clues about ideology, religious practices and the role of animals within spiritual systems. Part 2, Equations for Inequality, looks at questions of identity, status and other forms of social differentiation in former human societies. Contributors discuss how differences in food consumption, nutrition, and food procurement strategies can be related to various forms of social differentiation among individuals and groups.
Author : Robert Wood Williamson
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Mythology
ISBN : 100140985X
Author : Martha Warren Beckwith
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780824840716
Ku and Hina—man and woman—were the great ancestral gods of heaven and earth for the ancient Hawaiians. They were life's fruitfulness and all the generations of mankind, both those who are to come and those already born. The Hawaiian gods were like great chiefs from far lands who visited among the people, entering their daily lives sometimes as humans or animals, sometimes taking residence in a stone or wooden idol. As years passed, the families of gods grew and included the trickster Maui, who snared the sun, and fiery Pele of the volcano. Ancient Hawaiians lived by the animistic philosophy that assigned living souls to animals, trees, stones, stars, and clouds, as well as to humans. Religion and mythology were interwoven in Hawaiian culture; and local legends and genealogies were preserved in song, chant, and narrative. Martha Beckwith was the first scholar to chart a path through the hundreds of books, articles, and little-known manuscripts that recorded the oral narratives of the Hawaiian people. Her book has become a classic work of folklore and ethnology, and the definitive treatment of Hawaiian mythology. With an introduction by Katherine Luomala.
Author : Robert Wood Williamson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : UCAL:B3969313
Robert Wood Williamson (1856-1932) was a British solicitor and anthropologist who worked extensively in New Guinea and Polynesia.
Author : Thomas Walter Herbert
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0674550668
Author : Paul D'Arcy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351912259
Presenting the history of the inhabitants of the Pacific Islands from first colonization until the spread of European colonial rule in the later 19th century, this volume focuses specifically on Pacific Islander-European interactions from the perspective of Pacific Islanders themselves. A number of recorded traditions are reproduced as well as articles by Pacific Island scholars working within the academy. The nature of Pacific History as a sub-discipline is presented through a sample of key articles from the 1890s until the present that represent the historical evolution of the field and its multidisciplinary nature. The volume reflects on how the indigenous inhabitants of the Pacific Islands have a history as dynamic and complex as that of literate societies, and one that is more retrievable through multidisciplinary approaches than often realized.