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, Volume 2Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1829 - 576 pages |
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... deities of Tahiti ; but soon after they began to be employed , they were 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 ...
... deities of Tahiti ; but soon after they began to be employed , they were 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 ...
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... deities , to whom , on several occasions , prayers were offered . The resemblance of this term to the dæmon or dii of the ancients , is singular , and might favour the conjecture that both were derived from the same source . The origin ...
... deities , to whom , on several occasions , prayers were offered . The resemblance of this term to the dæmon or dii of the ancients , is singular , and might favour the conjecture that both were derived from the same source . The origin ...
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... deities ; and , according to their account , one of the descendants of Taaroa , and the son of the sun and moon , and , in reference to his descent , the Manco Capac of their mythology , embracing the sand on the sea shore , begat a son ...
... deities ; and , according to their account , one of the descendants of Taaroa , and the son of the sun and moon , and , in reference to his descent , the Manco Capac of their mythology , embracing the sand on the sea shore , begat a son ...
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... deities of the world , appears to have been the Neptune of the Bramins , as we learn from the following lines in Sir W. Jones's beautiful translation of the hymn to Indra : " Green Varuna , whom foaming waves obey : " and also , " Vahni ...
... deities of the world , appears to have been the Neptune of the Bramins , as we learn from the following lines in Sir W. Jones's beautiful translation of the hymn to Indra : " Green Varuna , whom foaming waves obey : " and also , " Vahni ...
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... deities , illustrating his remarks by allusion to the national maraes at Atehuru , Tautira , and other parts ; declaring , at the same time , his conviction that the religion of the Bible was so much superior to that under which they ...
... deities , illustrating his remarks by allusion to the national maraes at Atehuru , Tautira , and other parts ; declaring , at the same time , his conviction that the religion of the Bible was so much superior to that under which they ...
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Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
Polynesian Researches: During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accustomed appeared Areois attended Austral Islands baptized Barff bark body Borabora bread-fruit called canoe Captain Captain Cook casuarina ceremony chapel chiefs Christ Christianity church circumstances civilized cloth cocoa-nut colour connexion considered coral crime declared deities desire district Divine dress dwellings effect Eimeo engaged erected European favour feet females fish formed formerly frequently friends furnished gods habits Huahine human human sacrifices idolatry idols individual influence inhabitants kind king labour land laws Leeward Islands magistrate marae mats ment Missionaries mountains nation native occasion offered parties perhaps person Pomare Pomare III prayer present priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea rank 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 voyage worship