Some aspects of Māori myth and religion / by Elsdon Best.
Series: Dominion Museum monograph ; no. 1Analytics: Show analyticsPublication details: Wellington, N.Z. : Govt. Printer, 1973.Edition: [New ed.]Description: 42 p. : ill. ; 24 cmOther title:- Māori myth and religion
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Panapa Māori Resources | John Kinder Theological Library | BL2615 BES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | J00020811 |
First ed.: 1922.
Reprint of new ed. published 1954.
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 montheistic 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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