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Some aspects of Māori myth and religion / by Elsdon Best.

By: Series: Dominion Museum monograph ; no. 1Analytics: Show analyticsPublication details: Wellington [New Zealand] : Government Printer, 1954.Edition: New editionDescription: 43 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 7270006547
  • 9787270006543
Other title:
  • Māori myth and religion
Subject(s):
Contents:
Mythological and spiritual concepts illustrate the mentality of a race -- The two aspects of Maori religion -- Lack of intolerance in Maori religion -- Early accounts of Maori religion -- Maori cosmogony -- The separation of sky and earth -- The overturning of the earth mother -- Tane and Whiro : The contest between light and darkness -- What Tane represents -- The origin of woman and of man -- The dawn maid descends to the Underworld -- The broad path of Tane -- The gods of the Maori : The Poutiriaro, or Guardians : Io, the supreme being : A monotheistic tendency in Maori beliefs : The departmental gods of the Maori -- Maori ritual, etc -- Spiritual concepts of the Maori -- The Maori genius for personification -- Myth-making -- Religion and ethics.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Panapa Māori Resources John Kinder Theological Library BL2615 BES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J01062779

Mythological and spiritual concepts illustrate the mentality of a race -- The two aspects of Maori religion -- Lack of intolerance in Maori religion -- Early accounts of Maori religion -- Maori cosmogony -- The separation of sky and earth -- The overturning of the earth mother -- Tane and Whiro : The contest between light and darkness -- What Tane represents -- The origin of woman and of man -- The dawn maid descends to the Underworld -- The broad path of Tane -- The gods of the Maori : The Poutiriaro, or Guardians : Io, the supreme being : A monotheistic tendency in Maori beliefs : The departmental gods of the Maori -- Maori ritual, etc -- Spiritual concepts of the Maori -- The Maori genius for personification -- Myth-making -- Religion and ethics.

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