Author: John Joseph Knight HutchinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Collected Songs and Legends from the Southern Cook Islands
Author: John Joseph Knight HutchinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Myths and Songs from the South Pacific
Author: William Wyatt GillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Myths and Songs from the South Pacific
Author: William Wyatt GillPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781494133603
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1876 Edition.
Myths and Songs from the South Pacific (Classic Reprint)
Author: William Wyatt GillPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331911916
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Excerpt from Myths and Songs From the South Pacific Having expressed a strong desire that the collection of Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, which the Rev. W. Wyatt Gill brought home with him from Mangaia, should not be allowed to lie forgotten, or, like other valuable materials collected by hard working missionaries, perish altogether, I could not well decline. 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.
Myths and Songs From the South Pacific
Author: William Wyatt GillPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330053317
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Excerpt from Myths and Songs From the South Pacific Having expressed a strong desire that the collection of Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, which the Rev. W. Wyatt Gill brought home with him from Mangaia, should not be allowed to lie forgotten, or, like other valuable materials collected by hardworking missionaries, perish altogether, I could not well decline to state, in a few words, what I consider the real importance of this collection to be. I confess it seemed strange to me that its importance should be questioned. 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.
Legends of the Cook Islands
Author: Shona HopkinsPublisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 9780143504078
Category : Cook Islanders
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Cook Islanders' oral history tells of many stories that date back to a mythological time known as Avaiki. These stories were of brave men and women, mystical mountains, powerful gods and majestic sea creatures. This collection of eight beautifully illustrated legends captures the magic of this island culture.
Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology
Author: Robert Dean CraigPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313069468
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
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.
Nuanua
Author: Albert WendtPublisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1869405730
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Edited by Albert Wendt and copublished the University of Hawaii Press, Nuanua is an anthology of short stories, extracts from novels, and poems written since 1980 in the Pacific Islands. It remains an essential resource for teachers of Pacific literature.
The Pacific Islands
Author: Brij V. LalPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824822651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
An encyclopaedia of information on major aspects of Pacific life, including the physical environment, peoples, history, politics, economy, society and culture. The CD-ROM contains hyperlinks between section titles and sections, a library of all the maps in the encyclopaedia, and a photo library.
Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore ...
Author: Abraham FornanderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description