Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands: Including Descriptions of the Natural History and Scenery of the Islands : with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants ; in Two Volumes, Volume 2Fisher, Son & Jackson, 1829 - 576 pages |
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... Offering of first - fruits - The Pae Atua - The ripening of the year , a religious ceremony - Singular rites attending its Page 185 to 218 . close CHAP . VIII . Description of Polynesian idols - Human sacrifices - Anthropophagism ...
... Offering of first - fruits - The Pae Atua - The ripening of the year , a religious ceremony - Singular rites attending its Page 185 to 218 . close CHAP . VIII . Description of Polynesian idols - Human sacrifices - Anthropophagism ...
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... the other ; the latter brought their marotai , or offering , to the king and the gods , and accompanied its presentation with an address , expressive of the friendship existing between them : the priest , or ora- 10 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... the other ; the latter brought their marotai , or offering , to the king and the gods , and accompanied its presentation with an address , expressive of the friendship existing between them : the priest , or ora- 10 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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... offering for the god ; this was followed by a plantain and a pig , for the toe moe , the sleeping hatchet . A plantain ... offered in this ceremony to the god and the friend , they might perhaps be so regarded . Consi- derable ceremony ...
... offering for the god ; this was followed by a plantain and a pig , for the toe moe , the sleeping hatchet . A plantain ... offered in this ceremony to the god and the friend , they might perhaps be so regarded . Consi- derable ceremony ...
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... are comparatively of modern institution , and were not admitted until a few generations antecedent to the discovery of the islands . They were first offered at * Raiatea , in the national marae at Opoa , 32 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
... are comparatively of modern institution , and were not admitted until a few generations antecedent to the discovery of the islands . They were first offered at * Raiatea , in the national marae at Opoa , 32 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES .
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... offered with great frequency , and in appalling numbers : but of this , an account will hereafter be given . The depopulation that has taken place during the last two or three generations , viz . since their discovery , may be easily ...
... offered with great frequency , and in appalling numbers : but of this , an account will hereafter be given . The depopulation that has taken place during the last two or three generations , viz . since their discovery , may be easily ...
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Polynesian Researches: During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage d'extraits - 1967 |
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South ... William Ellis Aucun aperçu disponible - 2015 |
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence Of Nearly Six Years in the South ... William Ellis Aucun aperçu disponible - 2018 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
aito appeared Areois attended Austral Islands body Borabora bread-fruit called canoes Captain Cook ceremony chapel chiefs Christ Christianity circumstances civilized cloth cocoa-nut colour connexion considered crime death deities desire district Divine dress dwelling effect Eimeo engaged erected father fathoms favour feet females fish formerly frequently friends furnished gods Huahine human sacrifice idolatry idols individual influence inhabitants judge jury kind king labour land laws Leeward Leeward Islands letters magistrate marriage mats ment Missionaries mountains murder nation native occasion offered Palliser Islands parties perhaps person Pomare Pomare III prayers present priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea received reef regarded rendered resembling residence Rurutu Sabbath sacred Sandwich Islands Scripture seldom ship shore side singular society Society Islands sometimes South Sea Islands spear spirits station supposed Taaroa Tahaa Tahiti Tahitian tataued temple tion tree usually vessel warriors wife worship