Some aspects of Māori myth and religion / by Elsdon Best.
Series: Dominion Museum monograph ; no. 1Analytics: Show analyticsPublication details: Wellington, N.Z. : Govt. Printer, 1922.Description: 34 p. : ill. ; 25 cmOther title:- Māori myth and religion
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Baumber | John Kinder Theological Library | Baumber (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | J00646103 | ||
Baumber | John Kinder Theological Library | Baumber (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | J00049239 |
Preface / J. Macdonald -- Some aspects of Maori myth and legend: illustrating the mentality of the Maori and his mythopoeic concepts (Mythological and spiritual concepts illustrate the mentality of a race ; Religious element in man ; The two aspects of Maori religion ; Lack of intolerance ; Remarks by early observers ; Maori cosmogony ; The primal parents ; Separation of Sky and Earth ; Overturning of the Earth Mother ; Light versus Darkness ; Tane and Whiro: what they represent ; Origin of woman and of the ira tangata ; The maioha rite ; The Dawn Maid ; The broad path of Tane ; The spirit-world ; The poutiriao or guardians ; Io the Supreme Being ; Maori gods ; The cult of Io ; A monotheistic tendency ; All gods are one ; Rongo and Tu ; Maori ritual ; Human sacrifice ; Star-worship ; Spiritual concepts ; Animation ; Maori genis for personification ; Myth-making ; Religion and ethics ; Purely abstract conception of a god is difficult ; Advantages of a study of anthropology ; Man has raised himself ; The Maori steps aside from the path ; The passing of Neolithic man).
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