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Author : Elsdon Best
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015063235439
Originally published: Wellington, N.Z.: Dominion Museum, 1929. Includes bibliographical references and index. An account of the cosmogony, anthropogeny, religious beliefs and rites, magic and folk lore of the Maori folk of New Zealand
Author : Edward Shortland
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385414723
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Author : Elsdon Best
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Folklore
ISBN : UCSC:32106007634931
Author : Edward Shortland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Cosmology, Māori
ISBN : UCSC:32106000148228
Author : Edward Shortland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Land tenure (Maori law)
ISBN : OCLC:220061617
Author : Edward Shortland
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385414716
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Author : Elsdon Best
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Folklore
ISBN : LCCN:24024287
Author : Edward Shortland
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230357793
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ... every Maori tribe and family invoked independently each its own tribal and family ancestors, just as was the practice of the Greeks and Latins. CHAPTER II. MAORI COSMOGONY AND MYTHOLOGY. An quoquam genitos nisi Coelo credere fas est Esse homines.--Manilius. The Maori had no tradition of the Creation. The great mysterious Cause of all things existing in the Cosmos was, as he conceived it, the generative Power. Commencing with a primitive state of Darkness, he conceived Po (=Night) as a person capable of begetting a race of beings resembling itself. After a succession of several generations of the race of Po, Te Ata (=Morn) was given birth to. Then followed certain beings existing when Cosmos was without form, and void. Afterwards came Rangi (=Heaven), Papa (=Earth), the Winds, and other Sky-powers, as are recorded in the genealogical traditions preserved to the present time. We have reason to consider the mythological traditions of the Maori as dating from a very antient period. They are held to be very sacred, and not to be repeated except in places set apart as sacred. The Genealogies recorded hereafter are divisible into three distinct epochs: -- i. That comprising the personified Powers of Nature preceding the existence of man, which Powers are regarded by the Maori as their own primitive ancestors, and are invoked in their karakia by all the Maori race; for we find the names of Rangi, Kongo, Tangaroa, &c., mentioned as Atua or Gods of the Maori of the Sandwich Islands and other Islands of the Pacific inhabited by the same race. The common worship of these primitive Atua constituted the National religion of the Maori. 2. In addition to this the Maori had a religious worship peculiar to each tribe and to each family, in forms of...
Author : Elsdon Best
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1000506028
Author : Edward Shortland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Land tenure (Maori law)
ISBN : 1605069558
Author : Elsdon Best
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:993718546
Author : Edward Shortland
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783748112136
The Maori had no tradition of the Creation. The great mysterious Cause of all things existing in the Cosmos was, as he conceived it, the generative Power. Commencing with a primitive state of Darkness, he conceived Po (=Night) as a person capable of begetting a race of beings resembling itself. After a succession of several generations of the race of Po, Te Ata (=Morn) was given birth to. Then followed certain beings existing when Cosmos was without form, and void. Afterwards came Rangi (=Heaven), Papa (=Earth), the Winds, and other Sky-powers, as are recorded in the genealogical traditions preserved to the present time. We have reason to consider the mythological traditions of the Maori as dating from a very antient period. They are held to be very sacred, and not to be repeated except in places set apart as sacred.
Author : Edward 1812-1893 Shortland
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1372564128
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Author : Edward Shortland
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0266178278
Excerpt from Maori Religion and Mythology: Illustrated by Translations of Traditions, Karakia, &C to Which Are Added Notes on Maori Tenure of Land The others not being sufficiently skilled in writing, it was necessary to take down their information from dictation. In doing this I particularly instructed my informant to tell his tale as if he were relating it to his own people, and to use the same words that he would use if he were recounting similar tales to them when assembled in a sacred house. This they are, or perhaps I should rather say were, in the habit of doing at times of great weather disturbance accompanied with storm of wind and rain, believing an effect to be thereby. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Edward Shortland
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 133033311X
Excerpt from Maori Religion and Mythology: Illustrated by Translations of Traditions, Karakia, &C to Which Are Added Notes on Maori Tenure of Land The Maori MSS. of which translations are now published were collected by the author many years ago. The persons through whom the MSS. were obtained are now, with one exception, no longer living. They were all of them men of good birth, and competent authorities. One who could write sent me, from time to time, in Ms. such information as he himself possessed, or he could obtain from the tohunga, or wise men of his family. Chapters iii. and iv. contain selections from information derived from this source. The others not being sufficiently skilled in writing, it was necessary to take down their information from dictation. In doing this I particularly instructed my informant to tell his tale as if he were relating it to his own people, and to use the same words that he would use if he were recounting similar tales to them when assembled in a sacred house. This they are, or perhaps I should rather say were, in the habit of doing at times of great weather disturbance accompanied with storm of, wind and rain, believing an effect to be thereby produced quieting the spirits of the sky. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.