Maori Religion and Mythology - Illustrated By Translations of Traditions, Karakia, Etc

Klappentext This 1882 publication on Maori belief was compiled from texts written or dictated by Maori and translated by Edward Shortland. Zusammenfassung This important account of Maori mythology! religion and concepts of authority was first published in 1882. Based closely on texts written down or dictated by Maori themselves! and translated by Shortland! it includes lists of vocabulary about kinship and the spirit world! as well as information on Maori land tenure. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Primitive religion and mythology. Aryans and Polynesians; 2. Maori cosmogony and mythology; 3. Religious rites of the Maori; 4. Religious rites of the Maori; 5. The Maori chief of olden time; 6. Claiming and naming land; 7. The Maori land tenure; Appendix: terms of Maori relationship; Explanation of some Maori words occuring in following pages; Karakia Maori.

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• Authors: Edward Shortland, Shortland Edward
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108040624
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04062-4
• No. of pages: 130
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, New Zealand, Relating to Maori people, New Zealand / Aotearoa