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

By: 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
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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 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.
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 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.

Bagnall, B752

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